Dallas police said a woman shot at two people who kicked in the door to her house late Wednesday morning, killing one.

The shooting occurred at about 11:30 a.m. in the 7200 block of Concordia Drive.

Dallas police said the woman was home alone when she heard a noise — two men had kicked in the front door of her house.

She confronted the two men as they reached the second-floor landing and shot at them several times, police said.

Full Story. (h/t Guy)

Fits the typical profile for a home breakin: mid-week, mid-morning. Most home breakins happen during the work week between about 10 AM and 3 PM, because they expect no one will be home, off at the job working.

Failure of the victim selection process.

I’m not sure if the homeowner had any other lines of defense: alarm system (and using it), doesn’t seem to be sign of a useful dog, and not sure about the state of the home itself that may have made it seem appealing. But the more layers of defense you can have, the more you can do to make your home appear unappealing and “not worth the effort”, the better. It can help you keep a situation from progressing in the first place.

He said he will now teach his daughter how to forgive herself for taking a life.

I’m not sure this was some poetic hyperbole by the article author or fact, but assuming it’s fact well… this is one of those things that hopefully you think about and put into perspective before you consider a gun as a tool of self-defense. No, we don’t “shoot to kill”, we work to stop the threat. But in stopping the threat, yes a life may be taken. The better prepared you are for that reality before the fact, the better you’ll be able to handle it after the fact.

I’m glad the young woman is safe.