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08-21-2015, 08:24 AM
ATLANTA -- Residents of Atlanta's Riverside community filled a community meeting Tuesday looking for answers from police, two days after one of their neighbors -- Michael Lash -- was shot, and his wife shot at by intruders.
The gunmen shot and wounded Lash as he fought to keep them out of his home Sunday night, Atlanta police said. His wife and baby daughter escaped but not before they were shot at twice.
According to Atlanta Police, Lash, his wife Whitney, their 2-year-old son and infant daughter had just returned to their home on Sumter Street from a vacation when four men knocked on their front door.
"They pretended as if their vehicle had broken down and they were requesting a car jack of some sort from our victim at which point they brandished a weapon," said Ofc. Ralph Woolfolk. The men asked Lash to borrow a car jack and then tried to force their way inside.
As Lash tried to close the door, the men shot him and entered the house. Lash was shot twice in the leg, one of the shots shattered his femur, according to relatives.
The couple's 2-year-old son was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom. Lash's wife grabbed their infant daughter and ran to the back of the house. Police said the suspects fired twice at her and the baby, but missed. She then managed to run to a neighbor's home
Ok, first off, who is going to answer their door for four black dudes? I wouldn't. Does that make me racist? I probably wouldn't answer the door for four white dudes either.
Secondly, this guy is very, very lucky that he, his wife, their two year old son, and their six month old child are alive.
Just goes to show you, this can happen to anyone, in the blink of an eye. Once again, the evil in this world tries to prey on the kind.
The gunmen shot and wounded Lash as he fought to keep them out of his home Sunday night, Atlanta police said. His wife and baby daughter escaped but not before they were shot at twice.
According to Atlanta Police, Lash, his wife Whitney, their 2-year-old son and infant daughter had just returned to their home on Sumter Street from a vacation when four men knocked on their front door.
"They pretended as if their vehicle had broken down and they were requesting a car jack of some sort from our victim at which point they brandished a weapon," said Ofc. Ralph Woolfolk. The men asked Lash to borrow a car jack and then tried to force their way inside.
As Lash tried to close the door, the men shot him and entered the house. Lash was shot twice in the leg, one of the shots shattered his femur, according to relatives.
The couple's 2-year-old son was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom. Lash's wife grabbed their infant daughter and ran to the back of the house. Police said the suspects fired twice at her and the baby, but missed. She then managed to run to a neighbor's home
Ok, first off, who is going to answer their door for four black dudes? I wouldn't. Does that make me racist? I probably wouldn't answer the door for four white dudes either.
Secondly, this guy is very, very lucky that he, his wife, their two year old son, and their six month old child are alive.
Just goes to show you, this can happen to anyone, in the blink of an eye. Once again, the evil in this world tries to prey on the kind.