Home invasion leads to gun battle with two intruders

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

Deon Shippy and his girlfriend, Casey McKinney, decided to take full advantage of their day off by catching a few extra winks Monday morning.

But their peaceful slumber was shattered shortly after 10 a.m. when an armed gunman forced his way into their duplex at 4 Twin Woods Drive near Converse and opened fire.

"We were still asleep and I heard a loud bang," Shippy said. "I thought my punching bag had fallen off the porch. Casey said someone was breaking through the door, and I got up and bullets started flying past my head. One hit her in the arm. I told her to hide under the bed and I grabbed my gun and started shooting back."

Police responded to the home invasion call at 10:15 a.m. They arrived on the scene and found McKinney bleeding from a bullet wound on her left forearm. She was taken to Spartanburg Regional Hospital for treatment and was later released.

Witnesses said the gunman and an accomplice fled the scene in a black 1980s Ford Crown Victoria with dual exhaust. They described the suspects as two black males.


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David


I'm sure they wouldn't have started shooting if the homeowners hadn't been armed. Oh wait a minute they shot first. Never mind.


David

[hendo]

1. they busted in shooting?

I wonder if there is more to this story.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

2. It does seem odd doesn't it.

[rl6214]

3. Drug related?

That would be my guess. Bad guys got the wrong house.

[hendo]

4. or the right house, depending on who you believe. NT

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

7. Big gamble calling the police if you had drugs to get rid of.

[hendo]

8. or, a great way to distract them while you get rid of the drugs. NT

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

9. Every shooting scene I've been to there were always numerous cops where the victim was shot.

Not to mention Fire and EMS.

David

[yay]

5. Why did they break in shooting?

At 10am no less.... something more to this story.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

6. Maybe they got the address wrong as the cops have been known to do.