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a mother and her daughter are just coming home from breakfast at a local resturant.they shoo the dogs inside, closing and locking the doors behind hem, but the calm of this day is almost immediately shattered.
ad this homeowner and her family will find themselves explaining to police exactly what happened that day.
” a car pulled in rgiht behind us”
stacy duckro is talking about her daughter ally,
and she talking about this car and this driver.soon enought, mom , daughther and dad , mitch, all the learn the identity of this young man , james rayl. ally’s old high school boyfriend.
they kinda dated when they were younger.but it hadbeen years since the wo had seen one another. until last night , there had been no contact at all .
then ,this voice mesages out of the blue….
” i just wanted to reach out to you, because i just wanted to see how you ‘re doing.
ally never calls james back, and yet here he is on her front porch the next day.
he was just standing there with his hands like this behind his back.
and stacy told him several times ” james she dosen’t want to talk to you , you need to leave”
it looks like james get s the message,and walked away.
but a few minutes later …he’s coming back.
responder: 911 , what’s the emergency?
allyson : there¨s a guy on my front porch , he won’t leave.
responder: do you know hwo it is?
allyson: yes. he is an ex- boyfriend of mine.
and the door staretd popping out. started popping open so mich is trying to hold the door close so he wouldn’t come in.
” dad’s holding the door. moms freaking out , he starts overpowering my dad.”
the police are on the way , but it may be too late to prevent the threat at the door. the door frame splits off . he was starting to get in
ally’s dad gabs his gun from the bedside stand.
several gunshots.
james broke the door and ally’s dad shot him.
operator : did he run , or is he still there?
allyson : i don’t know ma’m i’m hiding.
operator: ma’m a i need you to calm down enough to tell me. has he been shot?
allyson: i think son ( mindistint) the door., i don’t want to lool . please don’t make me look.
you can see james laying o nthe awlkway near the garage he is not moving.
neighbor comes over and look at the body.
stacy says yes and that he tried to break in and get to their daughter.
the 22 year old attacker was shot three times and died at the scene.
police find three casings.
inside the home ,the surviving family tries to recover.
the polcie tal to al three family members.in the end , nocharges were filed against mitch duckro
and her daughter couldn’t be more proud of her father.
” thank you for saving me . you’re the vest dad ever, you just save my life. “
james family disagrees with the grand jury’s decision not to charge mitch duckro with murder.they are actively campaigning to seek justice for their son.