85-Year-Old Woman Kills Masked Intruder While Handcuffed in ‘Heroic’ Act of Self-Defense

An elderly woman from Idaho acted in self-defense when she shot and killed a masked home intruder who terrorized her at gunpoint, a prosecutor announced in an incident review this week. Bingham County Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Jolley said on April 9 that the case of Christine Jenneiahn, 85, is “one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation I have ever heard of.” “This case presents an easy analysis of self-defense and justifiable homicide,” Mr. Jolley wrote in the review shared by the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office. He added that Ms. Jenneiahn’s “grit, determination, and will to live” appears to be what saved her during a horrifying home invasion that took place in Bingham County last month, further pointing out that she was “justified in taking any and all means necessary to defend herself and her son that night.”...