by Robert A. Waters
In Calera, Oklahoma, Stacey Adam Jones allegedly broke into a home and was shot for his trouble. After ringing the front doorbell several times, he walked around back and kicked in the back door. Making his way through the house, the intruder had no idea that twelve-year-old Kendra St. Clair [pictured] had barricaded herself inside the master bedroom closet.
Jones, who’d allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl just a year before, made his way into the bedroom.
Undersheriff Ken Golden described what happened next. “[From] what we understand right now,” he said, “[Jones] was turning the [closet] doorknob when the girl fired through the door.”
A few minutes earlier, Kendra had called her mother and stated that a stranger was attempting to enter the home. Debra St. Clair told her daughter to get the family’s .40-caliber Glock and hide in the closet. She did so, all the while using her cellphone to speak with a 911 dispatcher.
Police arrived at the home a short time later and found Jones outside. He’d been shot in the shoulder, the bullet exiting his back. He was transported to a hospital for treatment. After spending a day in the hospital, Jones was released, then arrested
Golden told reporters that “[the girl] did everything she was supposed to do and more. And we're absolutely so thankful that she is fine. And I admire the little girl a lot.”
Imagine what may have happened had the girl not had a gun.
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