According to Indiana State Police, screaming broke out between the man, his son and the three armed intruders, and the victims realized one of the suspects was a relative.
Darrell Gibbs He told WXIN-TV He said he was awakened about 4 a.m. Sunday by six to eight gunshots coming from behind his home in southwest Indianapolis.
“I have no sympathy for people who do that. I wouldn’t do that to my family.”
“I was asleep in my bed and I heard the gunshots,” Gibbs said, “and then my son knocked on the door and told me what was going on and I got dressed and went out into the backyard.”
Gibbs said three armed men tried to kick open the back door, breaking it down, one of whom was wounded by bullets fired by Gibbs’ son when he returned fire.
“I saw the intruder lying on the ground here and he wanted me to call him,” Gibbs said.
Gibbs said the alleged intruder said, “You know me, I know you.”
“You don’t just knock on someone’s back door and walk in,” Gibbs continued, “He lost his gun on this side by the fire pit and it was lying in the weeds over there.”
The man said he eventually realized the injured man was a relative of theirs.
“It was my nephew’s son, a little boy named Matt,” Gibbs claimed.
The man, identified as 24-year-old Matthew Kinnard II, reportedly told Gibbs he couldn’t feel his legs.
“I called 911 on my cell phone, called somebody, called an ambulance, called his grandmother, had her on speaker so he and his girlfriend could talk,” Gibbs continued. “If I saw him walking down the street, I wouldn’t know who he was. I was around him that much.”
Gibbs said the two other suspects fled, getting into a car parked at a nearby church and sped away.
“He thought he’d do well here, but it didn’t work out.”
When asked if there was anything in the home worth stealing, Gibbs replied, “No.”
“No, I work hard to earn a living,” he replied. “Maybe someone lied to him and thought he could make it here, but it didn’t work out.”
Gibbs said police interviewed her son but released him.
“I really don’t wish the worst on anyone, but I have no sympathy for anyone who would do something like that. No one should do that to their family. No one should hear that.”
WXIN reported that Kinnard remains hospitalized. Police search They are currently checking surveillance camera footage in the neighborhood to identify the remaining two intruders.
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