A woman shot a gang member Wednesday who had broken into her Canyon Country home while his mother waited outside in the getaway car, sheriff's deputies said....When suspect Mike Lugo of Palmdale approached the woman about 10:45 a.m. through her back door, yelling at her as he advanced, the woman shot him with a Smith & Wesson .38-caliber revolver. Frightened, she hit him twice in the abdomen and once in the leg, missing a fourth shot, Bryski said.What's even more amazing is that after the failed burglary attempt, Lugo's mother flagged down a deputy en route to the burglary scene! The deputies quickly understood that the bloody man was the suspect in the burglary. Lugo was taken to Henry Mayo hospital for surgery and is reported to be in stable condition. Both mother and son are being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
I like the Signal's coverage of the story the best- their lead sentence is novel for this situation. Daily News and KHTS covered the story too. KHTS has some details the other two articles don't have, but they don't cite their sources for the information. Mother/Son burglary duo stopped cold in Canyon Country