Raymond Michel stands in the master bedroom of his house and points to the bathroom door that he shot through when he and his wife found John Jenaro Garner, 28, in their home on Wednesday afternoon in Bakersfield. Mr. Michel held Garner at gunpoint until police arrived to arrest the suspect.
This is the bullet hole in the wall of the master bathroom after the projectile passed through the bathroom door after Mr. Michel fired his gun at the suspected burglar.
Raymond Michel stands in the master bedroom of his house and points to the bathroom door that he shot through when he and his wife found John Jenaro Garner, 28, in their home on Wednesday afternoon in Bakersfield. Mr. Michel held Garner at gunpoint until police arrived to arrest the suspect.
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This is the bullet hole in the wall of the master bathroom after the projectile passed through the bathroom door after Mr. Michel fired his gun at the suspected burglar.
He's 70 years old, and his health isn't what it used to be, but Raymond Michel is not someone who should be taken lightly.
The south Bakersfield resident shot at a suspected burglar in his house Wednesday afternoon and held the man at gunpoint until police arrived. The suspect, identified by police as John Jenaro Garner, tried to get up twice, but Michel warned him to stay down.
