BY Kaitlyn Schallhorn
“When 18-year-old Malachi Heisler heard his name being called for help, he grabbed his rifle and came face-to-face with a man dressed in tactical gear who had a gun to his mother’s head.
It only took a few seconds for Heisler to act. As the masked man began to point his gun at Heisler, the teenager pulled the trigger on his rifle, fatally shooting the intruder in the head. And that’s when Heisler realized he knew the man; it was his estranged father.
“By the time I did recognize him, the decision was made,” Heisler told WFTS-TV.
Police said Heisler’s 46-year-old father, John, had a history of alcohol and drug abuse, and it was likely he was drunk when he smashed the windows and entered the house in St. Petersburg, Florida. After his father attempted to break into the home in April, Heisler’s mother, Jolene Andrews, got a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend. He was arrested then and charged as a felon in possession of guns.
“It looked like he was there meaning business and playing for keeps and to do some serious damage,” Pinellas County sheriff Bob Gualtieri told WFTS. “When you open the door and you see somebody dressed in all black, in fatigues, with a ski mask on with a gun in your mother’s face. He did the right thing.”
Police said they only found two BB guns on Heisler’s father, but no charges will be filed against the 18-year-old.”
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