Tulsa man with history of shooting intruders holds another at gunpoint
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — It's been almost a year since Charles Sweeny found himself using his gun to protect his property.
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"I only had to wait three or four seconds for him to come into view, and I shot him," he said.
That was last November when Sweeny shot and killed an intruder.
Four months later he caught a teenager headed towards his backyard and gave him a stern warning about the perils of breaking and entering.
"I would have shot them dead," he said.
Seven months ago his house burned down, which at first he thought was an accident, but then.
"This was deliberate; this was arson and their judgment day is coming," he said.
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You would think after the fire, now sitting empty, that would be the end of the house attracting trouble. Not so. Monday afternoon Charles got a call from a neighbor saying someone was snooping.
"I approached the house gun in hand. I found about a 40-year-old white woman rummaging through my stuff. I ordered her at gunpoint out of the house. I told her if she reached in her pocket she'd be shot," he said.
Once outside they each called the police. Sweeny says the woman was cited and released. Which, when it comes to crossing paths with Charles Sweeny, is like a slap on the wrist.
"She came this close to being shot," he said.
