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A Black mother shot a man who was attempting to break into her home in Anderson County, South Carolina.

Ashley Jones said the incident took place last week, she told police she heard someone banging on her door called 911 and then got her firearm according to FOX Carolina.

Ashley Jones a mother of three, shot an intruder who kicked in her door and tried to enter her home while her three children were asleep. Full story = https://t.co/imWJgfL43T pic.twitter.com/wJbh2lUL8M — The Black Detour (@theblackdetour) November 4, 2018

“He was like, ‘This is my house; let me in. I’m not going to hurt you’ kind of thing, and I was like ‘What do you want? I grabbed a gun and went to the top of the steps and was like, ‘I have a gun. I will shoot you. Do not come in my house,’” Jones told WSPA.

Jones said she was ready to do whatever to protect her kids. “I would’ve killed him if I had to” the mother of three said.

Jones three children were asleep inside the home during the incident.

The man who kicked in the door, Jones fired a shot at the man. Surveillance video proves the bullet hit him in the shoulder. The man tried to run away but police took him into custody, WSPA said.

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