THEODORE, AL (WKRG) — A Thursday evening shooting in Theodore was part of a home invasion attempt that authorities say led to the homeowner returning fire and injuring three suspects. The war veteran who reportedly returned fire after being shot in the alleged home invasion attempt.Captain Paul Burch of the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says the homeowner on Thomas Road is an elderly man and war veteran who was shot in the home invasion attempt, but managed to return fire. The individuals may have been known to each other from a previous home invasion attempt this month.

Source: UPDATE: MCSO Identifies Three Suspects In Home Invasion | WKRG

I think it was Clint Smith who said you really do not know what your attacker is gonna look like and whatever mental image we do have is wrong. We are programmed by culture and Society to think that women are always the victim and could never engage in criminal activity. Even today, in the 21st Century and after seeing online videos of women acting as stupid as any men, we have to restrain ourselves from opening a door if a knock comes late at night and we hear a female voice pleading for help.  That is our undoing.

Always, always, always the door remains closed, call 911 and report a woman in distress at your front door. Let the police be the knights in shinning armor, for all we know it might be a dragon outside your door.