Hours earlier, someone had broken into John Pontolillo's house and taken two laptops and a video-game console. Now it was past midnight, and he heard noises coming from the garage out back.
The Johns Hopkins University undergraduate didn't run. He didn't call the police. He grabbed his samurai sword.
With the 3- to 5-foot-long, razor-sharp weapon in hand, police say, Pontolillo crept toward the noise. He noticed a side door in the garage had been pried open. When a man inside lunged at him, police say, the confrontation was fatal.
"He was backed up against a corner and either out of fear or out of panic, he just struck the sword with force," said Baltimore Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. "It was probably with fear for his life."
Pontolillo, who rents the house in the 300 block of E. University Parkway in the Oakenshawe neighborhood, struck the intruder no more than twice, police say, nearly severing his left hand and inflicting what police termed a "spear laceration."
Please, no gun talk. Talk of firearms isn't allowed on IC. That'll just get this closed
I've searched high and low for a "Guns and Grass" forum, but have yet to find one.
I've searched high and low for a "Guns and Grass" forum, but have yet to find one.
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^^Just start your own bro..
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Growerswhowillshootyourass.com
I'd join
Somebody start it.
I was shot at 5 times and hit once a few nights ago ....
Police caught suspects who were on their 2nd trip in 2 nights taking my meds & trying to enter my front window.God blessed me to stay here and hope all take the precautions because Jackers will KILL YOU! Home security is a must in addition to dogs & Heat if possible.
Stay Safe because it doesn't matter where you live:
Lucky is was an arm hit, did it go clean through or did they have to pull it out?
.380 has killed plenty of people, thank God it was just your arm but I'm sure that still sucks!
It went clean through & my bracelet deflected the 2nd shot.