Guns Save Lives: Woman Survives Home Invasion, Attack

Cincinnati's WCPO.com is reporting that a local woman had to use a gun to defend herself after a neighbor she didn't know broke in and attacked her.

From the story:

It was a sudden surprise attack that Lea Murray says now makes her fearful of staying home alone at night.

It happened as Lea was working on her computer in her trailer at the Lake Remington trailer park in Miami Township.

"She slung the door open and slung in back and says, 'Who the 'h' are you?' and I'm like, 'Who are you? This is my home' and it just went from there," said Murray.

The 35-year-old says she was attacked and choked by a 26-year-old neighbor, Heather Quick, who lives just a few hundred feet away. Quick now faces aggravated burglary charges for the home invasion and assault.

"She said she was going to kill me. She was going through the cabinets in the kitchen," said Murray.
Fearing Quick would get a knife out of the kitchen, Murray went for the bedroom to get her gun. Then murray says quick started moving toward her.

"And I fired a warning shot and I told her 'get out of my house.' And then I shot into the ceiling. I kept thinking, I don't want to hurt her," Murray said.

In the meantime, WCPO.com reports Miami Township Police were already on the way to the trailer park, for a call about a disturbance at Heather Quick's trailer.

"At 1 a.m., an officer was dispatched for a disorderly call at lot 14, loud music. While he was en route to the call, the dispatcher advised there were three gunshots fired," said Detective John Swing of Miami Township Police.

Murray says Quick attacked her again, leaving her with scratches on her face and bruises on her arm, among other injuries. Murray says a neighbor helped subdue Quick until officers arrived.

"She probably would have killed me. I was that scared," Murray told 9News.

Murray, who told WCPO she didn't know Quick before the alleged attack Wednesday morning. says she is now thinking about getting a security system because she's afraid to stay by herself at night, but says that won't be easy on her disability income.

We think her security system worked just as it was supposed to.