NRA-ILA | The Cherokee Scout, Murphy, NC, 02/26/03

The Cherokee Scout, Murphy, NC, 02/26/03

Sunday, June 1, 2003

Tammy Clinger, of Murphy, N.C., had just returned home from dropping her son at school when she heard a knock at her front door. She and her husband, Brett, opened the door and found a strange man standing on their doorstep claiming to be looking for his sister. The man tried to enter their home, but the Clingers refused him entrance. Earlier in the day, Tammy had been stopped by a North Carolina State Highway Patrol officer who checked her vehicle for a fugitive on the run. She realized the man at her door might be the outlaw they were searching for and had her husband get his gun while she distracted the man. Brett Clinger armed himself with a handgun, went out another door and snuck up on the man who was later identified by authorities as fugitive William Thomas Hewlett. Clinger ordered Hewlett to get into his truck and detained him until a North Carolina state trooper arrived to take the fugitive back into custody.

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