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Armed man beats back home invasion
One intruder killed --
two other suspects arrested in Atlanta
By Gabrielle Stevenson
Copyright 1998 WorldNetDaily.com
An Atlanta woman will be placed in front of a police lineup for
the first time this week in hopes of identifying her attackers --
at least the ones who survived.
On Oct. 28, Tricia Miller was pulling out of her driveway
when she was blocked in by a van. The three men inside the
van forced Miller out of her car, and onto her porch, and tried
to get the schoolteacher to unlock her house.
Fulton County Police Captain Terry Mulkey, in charge of the
case, thinks the attackers knew Miller's daily routine. What
they did not know at the time of the attack was that Miller's
fiancee, Jerell Breedlove, had just gotten off the night shift and
was in the house when Miller was leaving for work.
"They forced her into her home using a Chinese SKS, which is
similar to the AK-47," Mulkey said. "They set the alarm off,
and the commotion woke up Mr. Breedlove, who had just gone
to sleep. He heard the commotion and got a .380
semi-automatic pistol out from the nightstand. One of the three
men had gone upstairs to see if anyone else was in the house.
"(Mr. Breedlove) opened fire on the guy, and the (attacker) fell
dead. The other two ran back to the van."
The van had been stolen that morning, but was recovered later
that afternoon by police.
While police have two suspects matching descriptions in
custody, they are waiting to get absolute results from the
lineup. "We might have to do a couple of lineups," Mulkey
said. "Sometimes the information can take one week or up to a
year to gather."
When identified, the attackers will be charged with
kidnapping, burglary, attempted-armed robbery, and motor
vehicle theft.
"We want to charge them with as much as we can," Mulkey
said.
Miller did not suffer any permanent physical injury.
"She was shaken up at the scene," Mulkey said. "She was
bruised a little on the wrists, but very visibly shaken up
mentally."
Breedlove was taken into police custody, but was released that
day without charges.
"He was defending his home and his fiancee," Mulkey said.
"There was an armed intruder in his house. Actually, we
commended Mr. Breedlove on being such a good shot."
The family of the deceased claimed the body that night, and
told police they will not pursue any kind of legal action
against Breedlove.
"They didn't seem a bit too concerned," Mulkey said. "They
were aware of his lifestyle choices. For them to take any action,
they would have to pursue some sort of civil suit, and they
know it would never hold up in court."
Oddly, the local Atlanta news did not give much coverage to
the story at the time it happened. The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution printed one story, without a follow-up of
any kind.
Mulkey said good news isn't always a hot story.
"This story might have just slipped through the cracks," he
said. "But it isn't, per se, interesting because the good guys
won. Good guys defending their homes just doesn't sell. But
you can chalk one up for the good guys anyways.
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