http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1561164.html
To Robert Harris the two men who rang his door bell Sunday afternoon didn't look too bad. Looks apparently are deceiving because the men turned out to be crooks.
Harris, 77, said as soon as he opened door of his southeast Minneapolis home, the men 18-to-21 years old pulled a gun, hit him across the head and knocked his glasses off, then rifled through his belongings. They stole a jar of quarters and took $60 from him. And they stayed long enough to use the bathroom.
It's unfortunate that it's not safe to be elderly in Minneapolis this month.
The incident which occurred at 4:30 p.m. on the 100 block of S.E. Bedford Street marked the second time this month that somebody broke into the home of an elderly person who was home alone and attacked them.
Police are not sure if the two men who attacked Harris are the same intruders who broke into the home of a 77-year-old woman in northeast Minneapolis on Nov. 11. In that case, the suspects sprayed the woman with mace. She had just had cataract surgery the week before the attack, police said.
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Harris said he still feels safe in his neighborhood where crime is lower than in other parts of the city. But he knows what he will do the next time somebody unfamiliar comes knocking on his door.
"I have a peek hole that I will use," he said. "I will turn on the light or maybe just ignore it."
Or, get an efficient and effective means of defending yourself.
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