Home Invasion Leaves 8-year-old Shot
January 20th, 2009Four thugs who busted into an Atlanta-area home demanding money shot their guns in panic, seriously wounding an 8-year-old girl who was attending a birthday party. A bullet grazed the chest of Andrea Martinez Reneaud, then traveled through her arm without hitting bone, according to Chamblee (Ga.) Police Chief Marc Johnson. The girl was at a party that was held for her 7-year-old friend. Six adults and their children were at the home after midnight when four men busted through the unlocked front door and demanded money with guns raised. They said that the men likely picked the house because it’s the only one that had the lights still on. “The suspects identified themselves as police officers but had no identifying patches or badges,” Johnson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “They demanded money and were threatening the people inside.” None of the partygoers was armed, according to police. One of the suspects fired shots in the air as he chased one of the men from the party to a back room. Somebody in the suspect’s group thought they were being shot at somebody in the house, and he began shooting his gun. The bullet exchange scared the suspects who fled the house with nothing. “There is no such thing as a good home invasion but this one was worse than normal,” Johnson said. “Everything blew up on them and they fled the house before they could get anything from anyone…. This is the first case we’ve had like this. We all want to think we’re safe in our own homes.”
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