GRANDMOTHER PROTECTS GRANDCHILD WITH GUN FROM HOME INVADERS FOR OVER AN HOUR AS SHE WAITS FOR POLICE

SAN ANTONIO — Protecting your family, especially young children can be one of the most important things we do as adults. An alleged attempted burglary left a San Antonio grandmother helpless, hunkered down with her young grandson, waiting for more than an hour for police to respond.

Now she is wondering if there is anything she could have done to get the police to her home sooner.

Grandmother hunkers down with gun waiting for SAPD.

Dr. Joann Murphey was washing dishes just before 10 pm on July 16th when two unknown men walked into her gated yard and into her courtyard. One of them knocked on a window. His face was only 3 feet away from hers - only separated by glass.

"I asked him to leave. He refused. I told him I was calling the police. He threw up his hands and said, ‘I'm coming in.’”

At this point, Murphey ran towards her room, the whole time the two men could see her every move, her house is all windows looking into that enclosed courtyard.

“I turned off all the lights, went to my bedroom, closed the blinds because you also can see in my bedroom from where he was, and called 911," says Murphey.

"When you called 911 to the time they showed up. The officer showed up, how long was that?” Yami asked. “An excess of an hour, maybe an hour and 15 minutes. I can't tell you specifically, but over an hour,” says Murphey.

“What did you do for that long? How worried were you because you were with your grandson,” Yami asked. “I was with my grandson hunkered down hiding behind some furniture. I called 911 again, 30 minutes later,” says Murphey. "I then managed to trip my alarm system, and they called me and said they were sending the police. And I got my weapon out. And I sat on the floor, pretty scared."