In an incident underscoring the reality that guns work better than restraining orders, a woman in Monrovia, California, shot and killed a man who attempted to assault her with knives. The harrowing incident left the assailant dead and the armed woman physically unscathed.
The shooting occurred on Friday night, shortly after the man arrived at the homeowner’s residence armed with knives.
The shooting was reported at about 9 p.m. Friday in the San Gabriel Valley community after the man arrived at the home, apparently intent on attacking the woman, the LA County Sheriff’s Department said. Another man was inside the home at the time.
The woman phoned dispatchers to report that a man with a restraining order against him was at the home armed with knives. The man with a gunshot wound was dead when law enforcement officers arrived.
“(The man) went to the residence armed with knives,…
