11 Year Old Girl Scared Burglars with Rifle.

[BobYoMeowMeow]

Girl loads rifle to spook burglars

11-year-old ready to defend herself
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - When three teenage burglars pried open the door of a northwest Albuquerque home they had no idea they would be met by a brave little girl, police said Wednesday.

Alyssa Gutierrez, 11, took matters into her own hands Tuesday when police said when Miguel Marquez, Eduardo Zubiate and Jesus Quintana broke into her home.

Gutierrez armed herself with a loaded rifle.

"I was planning, if they came right next to me, I would shoot them," Gutierrez said.

But Gutierrez, who will start sixth grade next week, never got the chance because she'd spooked the burglars.

Gutierrez said her cousins went to run an errand around the corner from their home and were gone for a few minutes when she heard the backdoor rattle.

"I thought it was (my cousin) Zachary playing a joke on me so I just turned the TV louder and ignored it," Gutierrez said.

But on the other side of the door were the burglars who pried open the door with a crowbar. Gutierrez believes that they'd seen her cousins leave and chose to break into the home when they thought no one was there.

She said when the Marquez, Zubiate and Quintana got inside, she heard them talk about stealing guns in the home. Gutierrez and her family told KRQE News 13 that they knew one of the suspects and believed the group targeted the home to steal their guns.

"My heart kept on pounding and pounding," Gutierrez said.

She said she slid to the floor from the couch when she saw the trio, but quickly decided that hiding wouldn't do her any good because the masked intruders had seen her.

"They had a rifle so I was thinking, 'What should I do? 'What if they shoot me?'" Gutierrez said.

That's when she made a beeline for her mother's room.

"I ran back into my mom's room and grabbed her little pink rifle, and there was two bullets in there," she said.

With the loaded rifle, Gutierrez said she checked the bathroom and then the living room ready to defend herself. She said she ran to her mother's closet and called 911.

But while Gutierrez protected her home, she had no idea the suspects had jumped the fence and that an off-duty APD officer driving passed her home had spotted them.

Police arrested the three teens and their alleged getaway driver, Abraham Bustillos, minutes after the break-in.

Gutierrez said she feels lucky because just a few days ago she had learned how to shoot a rifle.

"I felt proud of myself," Gutierrez said.

Girl loads rifle to spook burglars

The cat didn't know that rifles come in pink

[Zid]

Didn't say anything about her meeting the burglars again with the rifle.

[Spartaaaaa]

Another reason why gun control is a dumb idea.

[JustNoOne]

Yay for little girls holding guns =o

But mehh, i feel things are just right with this and just plain wrong.

[Chiri]

Another reason why gun control is a dumb idea.

So that 11 year old girls can threaten those who come in her home?
What if the intruders had been the ones with the gun?
What if she'd shot herself?
This could have gone wrong in so many ways.

[Sleeperdial]

Chiri don't try to justify gun control, its stupid.
Are you saying its bad that anyone can defend themselves?
Gun control wouldn't fix anything if they had guns.
And how the hell are you supposed to shoot yourself with a rifle?

[Kept]

The burglars wouldn't have come if there were no guns to steal in the house.

/problemsolved

[Sleeperdial]

You don't know that for sure, its just a possibility. Besides, if I was planning to steal crap, even if there turned out to be no guns I would steal if no one was home. Just think about it, it wouldn't make a difference.

[Kept]

"She said when the Marquez, Zubiate and Quintana got inside, she heard them talk about stealing guns in the home. Gutierrez and her family told KRQE News 13 that they knew one of the suspects and believed the group targeted the home to steal their guns."

According to this, if the guns didn't exist, their primary objective wouldn't exist, thus removing their incentive to even attempt to rob the house.

Now all we need is a confession.

[Chillax]

And how the hell are you supposed to shoot yourself with a rifle?

Little kids playing with a gun that has the safety switch off, BOOM. True, a gun would probably be a good defense against a robber, but how do you know the robber won't feel more threatened and actually pull the trigger? Most robbers use the gun as a threat, but how many actually shoot the victim?