Gun-Toting Grandma Waits Until the Last Second Before She Pulls the Trigger

A brief stop at a gas station after leaving work late at night brought about a string of events that targeted a Manchester, New Hampshire resident. The woman, who wished to remain unidentified, took notice of her surroundings and paid attention to a dark sedan that followed her out of the parking lot and to the parking lot of her home.

The woman said she tried to park as close to the door as possible, but the other car pulled in not far from her. She swiftly exited her car, but heard a car door close right after hers. As she walked toward the door, she heard someone walking behind her and briefly turned around to see a man, who was wearing a dark-colored hoodie, following her.
“Something in my head said to take the gun out of my purse,” the woman told a local ABC affiliate.
The woman took her gun from her purse and placed it in her coat pocket, keeping her hand on it all the while.
“Ten feet from the front stairs. That’s when he caught up to me, and he came around me and stood right in front of me. Right in my face,” the woman said.

As the suspect began yelling at her, the woman took action when he reached to grab her. She shot him a single time, directly in the chest. Her assailant, identified as Michael Bontaites, was later located by law enforcement at a local hospital. Bontaites was arraigned from his hospital bed, and charged with felony robbery.
The gun-toting Grandma has been a valid carry permit holder for ten years, and this was the first time she ever fired her gun. Nice shooting, ma’am.