Little Hero: 11-Year-Old Girl Defends Mum, Shoots Down Attacker

According to NY Daily News; an 11-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero after shooting a man who was attacking her mother.

Leo Henry, 25, broke into his ex-girlfriend Brandy Moreno’s Oklahoma City home early Tuesday morning and stabbed her with a knife, authorities said.

Moreno’s daughter, Jayda Milsap, used a handgun to shoot Henry twice to rescue her mother, according to local media.

Neighbor Carolyn Marsee says she heard the gunshots ring out.

“I think she’s a hero,” Marsee told The Oklahoman. “(Moreno) just showed the girl how to use the gun last week so she could protect herself.”

Henry tried to flee, but police were called to the home about 4 a.m. and found him just down the street, the Oklahoma paper reported.

Both adults were taken to OU Medical Center in serious condition, according to a spokeswoman for Emergency Medical Services Authority.

Marsee told KFOR that Moreno sustained stab wounds to the eye, neck and chest.

On Sept 18, Moreno reportedly filed a request for a protective order from Henry in Cleveland County District Court.

She accused him of molesting her children in the middle of the night for several years, according to the report.

Henry’s sister Emma Spence told the NBC affiliate that her brother might be guilty, though she hates to admit it.

“It’s gruesome. It makes me sick,” she said. “Kids don’t lie about that stuff.”

 

Source: nydailynews.com