So, sometimes guns aren’t always the answer?
(shared from my 6AM facebook post) So.... I'm not going to bed anytime soon. Literally just came face to face with some kids looking for a guy (we’ll call him J) who was at our apt for 2 hours yesterday. At 4am they broke in tried to steal a bunch of shit. I wake up, grab a knife (because at this point my big, ass whooping knife is gone) and go to the computer room.
Robber is just as confused as I am and waves at me and asks about the kid who was here earlier. I'm like "dude.. What?" so he pulls a gun asking about "J” and aims it at me. (I'm half asleep) so I'm like "Who are you talking about?" so he starts walking out of the apartment with a fuck ton of our stuff and I can see he's got stuff in his hands. He's telling me about the kid he's looking for, asking if I know him and I'm still just sitting there staring at this kid.
So I'm like "dude.... You have the wrong apt, can I have the stuff back?" pointing to the computer controllers on his hands. He starts handing them to me and goes "look you're hella chill I'll be honest I took a vape and a phone..." (after digging in his pockets) so he hands back 2 Xbox computer controllers, Michael's vape and his phone. Apologizes and starts rubbing his finger prints off everything.
He leaves I wake up the Significant Other.
I go and double check everything to see what all had been taken. Turns out my phone and my vape were also taken but I was more concerned with his stuff to even remember to ask.
We call my phone and they answer! XD (LOL right?) S.O. is like "dude... What's going on? you're gonna bring her stuff back right?" and I'm in the background like "man I was chill with him!" Needless to say he had a friend who grabbed some stuff when he wasn't looking. They dropped it all off and ran away. But we were watching them the whole time from outside the apt.
Anyways. We approach them they apologize and return 3 more times to return stuff they found in all their clothes. (they were using shirts to cover their face.) We start chatting with them asking what was up with "J”. So 2 others come over and apologize. Saying sorry over and over.
Apparently.... That “J” kid they were looking for is a friend of our friend and he brought him over to the apt and they saw. Dude.... “J” raped and internally injured one of the 4 guys 6 year old sister. When they saw him they almost killed him. They thought he lived here (cause they saw him come in here) and wanted to take his stuff. I was also complimented (LOL) dude looked at my S.O. and goes "Dude she wasn't scared man. She's savage, she had me worried. That's a good girl you got man."
_end of story here's my take_ I got lucky. Had it been someone without motive other than to rob I could be dead. Were cops necessary? Probably, HAD they not come back to give us our stuff. (i hesitated after talking with the kid on if he was lying or not) We sat down and listened to them talk (in detail) about what that guy did. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE think before you act. Had I gone balls deep and fighting I could have been shot. But I was calm and talked to the kid.
P.S. No. I'm not calling the cops. No I don't care about what I should have, or could have done. I did what I felt was right and not ONLY did I get my stuff back (all of it even things we didn't know were missing) they now have our backs if anything goes down. As well as offered us to come over for dinner and stuff.
You really never know what's going on with people. But think before you act please. That's my only advice.
