A woman who shot a man allegedly trying to break into her home early Sunday morning had been terrified for years by someone coming onto her property and stalking her, according to family members.
Robert Krentz of Lucerne said his 77-year-old mother was the victim of an alleged attempt to break into her home early Sunday.
Krentz said his mother shot Marc Harry Halvorsen, 27, after his third attempt to kick in her sliding glass door. Before she shot she had issued him a warning that she was armed.
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Krentz said his mother is a frail amputee with limited mobility who actually is terrified of guns.
However, for several years she has been the victim of harassment – including having her yard and fencing torn up, and her vehicle tires flattened. Someone even left a rope with a knife in a box at her front door, according to Krentz and his wife, Loretta.
Finally, it reached the point where the woman – who is terrified of guns, and had herself been shot when she was younger – asked for a gun for self-protection, a request that her son said got his attention. He subsequently got her the 9 millimeter handgun.....
