Pistol-packing grandmother in Alabama shoots 18-year-old intruder in her bedroom

Ala. grandmother shoots intruder in her bedroom

DECATUR, Ala. — A pistol-packing grandmother in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again.

Police say 69-year-old Ethel Jones shot an 18-year-old man in the stomach when she found him inside her bedroom at her home in Decatur.

Jones says she sleeps with her gun under a pillow next to her. She says she grabbed it after hearing a door rattle shortly before 3 a.m. Monday.

Police say the suspect removed a window air conditioner to get inside the home. He is in the hospital and faces a charge of second-degree burglary.

Information from: The Decatur Daily, www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/index.shtml