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Line 2: − − ==Incidents involving fewer than three potential victims== − (This section also includes incidents in which the armed attacker's intent was not clear; e.g., the interruption of an armed robbery. − − − * Blanchard, OK, Dec. 31, 2011 - Sarah McKinley, an 18-yearold mother saved the life of herself and her baby in Blanchard. There, a knife-wielding intruder was attempting to enter Sarah McKinley's mobile home shortly after her husband died of lung cancer in 2012. After breaking in, McKinley used a shotgun to stop the intruders, killing one suspect and scaring the other intruder off.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2082716/Sarah-McKinley-Teen-mom-shoots-dead-intruder-Justin-Shane-Martin-looking-prescription-drugs.html Teen widow who shot dead home invader who 'wanted her late 58-year-old husband's meds' WON'T face charges], ''Daily Mail'', 6 January 2012.</ref> − * A 69-year-old grandmother protected herself and her home in Alabama in 2010. After hearing a burglar break into her house, Ethel Jones fired three shots, wounding and scaring off the intruder, who was later arrested by police.<ref name="washtimes_listicle" /> − * In 2012, a 14-year-old boy saved himself and his younger siblings after an armed intruder entered their home. After breaking into the home and pointing a gun at the 14, 12, and 8-year-olds, the 14-year-old fired, placing the intruder in the hospital and saving his family.<ref name="washtimes_listicle" /> − * A pregnant mother of two saved herself and her children after two intruders entered her home in Ashtabula, Ohio. After refusing to let the two intruders in, they broke down her back door. As they proceeded up her stairs, the shot at them, hitting one intruder and scaring them both off until police arrived.<ref name="washtimes_listicle" /> − * A would-be robber was shot in 2006 by an employee at Media Madhouse in Indiana. After the suspect entered the building holding a gun on an employee and demanding money, a second employee jumped into action and shot the suspect, saving both employees and customers.<ref name="washtimes_listicle" /> − * 72-year-old Jan Cooper saved her life and the life of her 85-year-old World War II veteran husband, who is confined to a wheelchair. In 2013, a man was breaking into the Cooper's Southern California home, when the grandmother fired one shot from her .357 Magnum Smith and Wesson revolver, which scared the burglar off.<ref name="washtimes_listicle" /> −
Replaced content with "===SANDBOX=== List of instances of armed citizens stopping active shooters - article posted. ==References=="
[[List of instances of armed citizens stopping active shooters]] - article posted.
[[List of instances of armed citizens stopping active shooters]] - article posted.
==References==
==References==