Go Grannie, go Grannie, go Grannie go

Christopher Lessner, 22, made a big mistake.

Was his big mistake stealing a vehicle, then taking off from the cops when they tried to pull him over for speeding? No. Those were mistakes, but not the big one. Another mistake Lessner made was choosing the wrong person's home to break into while he was trying to evade the police.

When Merlin, one of 66-year-old Susan Gaylord Buxton's "puppies," woke her up saying, "Gotta go!" she went to the door to let him out packing her .38 because, "There are coyotes around here." She noticed muddy footprints on her porch.

Buxton's 28-year-old granddaughter, Mandy Davis, who was staying with had also been awakened, but by the sound of breaking glass. She noticed certain items in the house were out of place.

Together, they discovered Lessner hiding in a coat closet.

Davis called 911 while Buxton, covering Lessner with her .38, told him to get down into a submissive position.

Lessner's big mistake was that he didn't do what he had been told. Instead . . .

He fumbled with the front door with one hand and reached for the gun with the other, Buxton said.

She then fired her revolver, which was loaded with hollow-point bullets, she said.

Buxton said she could have killed the man because her concealed-carry instructors taught her to aim for the torso. But she said she aimed for his leg. He was hit in the upper leg, police said. -- Star-Telegram

Additional coverage here [Bugmenot] from the Star-Telegram, ABC, the local NBC affiliate . . .

Oh, heck. Just listen to the Star-Telegram's 6-minute 911 tape BUT you may not want to do it at work. Grannie, in the background, was . . . um, a bit . . . um, perturbed.

LATER: Paul at Wizbang notes don't mess with Texas.