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    80-year-old grandmother fights off gunman

    Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot!An 80-year-old grandmother in Florida successfully fended off an armed attacker who was attempting to rob her 61-year-old daughter.

    Josefa Lopez told the Sentinel Sun she felt "no fear" when she used her aluminum cane to fight off the gunman who had physically assaulted her daughter.

    "I thought she was dead," Lopez said in Spanish. "I yelled at [the gunman], 'I am going to kill you, [son of a b----]!' I wasn't myself. To me, she was dead."

    The assailant, who fired a gunshot at Lopez but missed, is still at large. He reportedly pulled Lopez from her Ford Expedition, shouting, "Give me," and pistol-whipped her. That's when the 4-foot-9 Josefa took control of the situation.

    "When you see your daughter in trouble," Lopez said, "you have to do something."

    Lopez reportedly grabbed the gunman by the back of his shirt and began pulling him away from her daughter. She was about to strike him with her cane when he fired the shot at her.

    As it turns out, Teresa Medina was looking out for her mother as well. She says she began shouting during the attack for her mother to leave the scene so she wouldn't be hurt.

    "I was worried he was going to do something to my mother," she said in Spanish on Wednesday. "I was trying to scream to my mother to run inside the house."

    Medina was driving her mom to see the Spanish variety show "Sabado Gigante" when the attack occurred.  Lopez, who turns 81 today, said she would do the same thing again, despite police warnings to not get involved.

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    • Lynn  •  Derry, New Hampshire  •  4 mths ago
      Way to go Grandma! If more people would stand up to these thugs this world might be a safer place. I'm a grandma too and I have a concealed carry permit.
    • CATLADY  •  Tacoma, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      Go Granny!! I'm glad you didn't get hurt.
    • Joy  •  Baltimore, Maryland  •  4 mths ago
      Josefa should've beat the hell out the criminal with her cane just for good measure. Way to go grandma!
    • PamN  •  Detroit, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      A mother bear. I wish she'd had a gun.
    • flame  •  Pleasanton, California  •  4 mths ago
      No good mother is going to standby while her child,(no matter the child's age) is being assaulted or their life is in danger.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 mths ago
      God bless this spunky grandma. Go for it girl!
    • BusyBee  •  Kennett Square, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      It is better to die a foolish death than to die a coward. These criminals often attack because they feel no one will react. The judicial system advise you not to get involved, but call you a hero when you succeed. Go grand ma. And if grandma can do it, and this is not the first, what is our excuse?
    • Mr. Spork  •  Colorado Springs, Colorado  •  4 mths ago
      Some cops have no common sense, because on the one hand they tell us to not get involved, yet on the OTHER hand they say they don't have the power to protect us individually.
    • davion  •  London, United Kingdom  •  4 mths ago
      "She's a bad momma jamma" keeps playing in my mind
    • gulfranger  •  Ocala, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Im trading my guns in for canes. She never slowed down to reload.
      • Mr. Spork 4 mths ago
        I used MY cane few months ago to put a DENT in an SUV when the woman driver turned ILLEGALLY in front of me when I was crossing the street on a green light. I would like to have been there at the woman's home when she had to explain the dent to her husband!
    • Pamela  •  Dallas, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      Don't mess with grandmothers, they could be armed! I am a 62-year-old grandmother, armed and not afraid to use it! One less criminal on the streets is the way I look at it! So beware before you attack an older woman. We may look fragile but guess what, we are not!!!!
      • charles 5 mths ago
        mama dont try this in Africa....lollll
      • naz 4 mths ago
        you tell em grandma!
      • Yahoo User 4 mths ago
        Pamela, I'm proud of you ma'am!!! Stand on the word of God "No weapon formed against me shall prosper" - Isaiah 54:17 and I just prayed for you that God keeps his guardian angels before and behind you!!
    • Cheyenne  •  Tucson, Arizona  •  5 mths ago
      "police warnings to not get involved"! Typical L.E. we are the law! Let your daughter get mugged, raped, killed and you can watch. That is one thing wrong with this country...people dont get involved due to fears of the judicial system.
    • Mike Jones  •  4 mths ago
      That guy must never have seen the movie "Grandma's Boy" cuz if he did than he would know that you DON'T MESS WITH GRANDMA!
    • Anthony  •  Big Lake, Alaska  •  4 mths ago
      Good for you, yet I would incourage you to call 911 as there are many crazies with guns now daysl Just to let you know I have a great respect for what you did. Glad it went well.
    • Kisshere  •  Lincoln, Nebraska  •  5 mths ago
      A tip of the hat to the both of you (ladies)
    • yang  •  Cork, Ireland  •  4 mths ago
      love it...now if we could only get her to kick some #$%$ on wall street and in Washington.
    • Fats  •  5 mths ago
      The police are wrong. It certainly IS time to get involved. Truly a GREAT Grandma.

      Wanna bet she applies for a concealed carry permit?
      • RH 5 mths ago
        She should -- but consider the possibility that she is not a legal citizen.
      • worksforbeer 5 mths ago
        Hey RH, what a no mind comment. Consider the possibility that you are an intolerant, ignorant, judgmental, self righteous fool. 81 + Spanish + Florida = illegal alien in your mind? Oh, sorry, I forgot. You have no mind.
      • Fats 5 mths ago
        I don't believe that is a possibility that I would need to consider, RH. 81 year old vision, perhaps...
    • Joe  •  Providence, Rhode Island  •  5 mths ago
      Sorry she didn't crush his esophagus with her cane.
      • Mr. Spork 4 mths ago
        She might have been SUED by the guy if she had, and he might have won, because the ACLU would have seen to THAT!
      • grace 4 mths ago
        Let's just beat the hell out of the ACLU anyway..
    • Robere  •  Houston, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      I've said it before and I'll say it again. Never underestimate a mother protecting her child (regardless of the age or the danger).
    • BarbaraM  •  Seattle, Washington  •  5 mths ago
      If only SHE had a gun.....My hero
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