Mother-of-three shoots man, 43, who was trying to break into her South Carolina home

A South Carolina homeowner shot a man trying to break into her home on Thursday morning, according to local authorities. 

Ashley Jones was with her three children at her home in Anderson County when she heard someone banging on her door at 6am. 

Jones peeked out her window and asked who was there, not getting any responses. She could hear a man and a woman talking, however, and went to go call police.

‘He was like, ‘this is my house, let me in. I’m not going to hurt you’ kind of thing, and I was like ‘What do you want?”’ Jones explained to WSPA. ‘After I called the police, I grabbed a gun and went to the top of the steps and was like, ‘I have a gun. I will shoot you. Do not come in my house.” 

Ashley Jones was with her three children at her home in Anderson County when she heard someone banging on her door at 6am

Surveillance video shows the man – who was later identified as 43-year-old Cecil Charles Parnell – banging on the woman’s door as someone walks behind him in the background. 

As her three young children slept in their rooms, Jones said she watched the man wander to her back door to try to open the sliding screen but it was locked. 

Parnell then made his way back to the front door and that’s when he decided to kick the door in, which can be seen in the video. 

Surveillance video shows the man - who was later identified as 43-year-old Cecil Charles Parnell - banging on the woman's door as someone walks behind him

Surveillance video shows the man – who was later identified as 43-year-old Cecil Charles Parnell – banging on the woman’s door as someone walks behind him

'Something just came over me, and I got calm. My heart slowed down and I got focused. I told myself if he comes in here, you can't let him get past your doorstep. You have three young children to protect,' Jones said. 'I would've killed him if I had to'

‘Something just came over me, and I got calm. My heart slowed down and I got focused. I told myself if he comes in here, you can’t let him get past your doorstep. You have three young children to protect,’ Jones said. ‘I would’ve killed him if I had to’

Jones shot him in the shoulder and he is seen running off after flinching. 

‘Something just came over me, and I got calm. My heart slowed down and I got focused. I told myself if he comes in here, you can’t let him get past your doorstep. You have three young children to protect,’ Jones said to WHNS. ‘I would’ve killed him if I had to.’

Parnell's shoulder injury is not considered life threatening. He was charged with first degree burglary

Parnell’s shoulder injury is not considered life threatening. He was charged with first degree burglary

Parnell’s shoulder injury is not considered life threatening. 

‘Any mother is going to protect her kid any way she can. And that’s what I did,’ Jones added. 

Jones shared that she was unfamiliar with the man and woman that tried to break into her home.

Parnell was charged with first degree burglary and is being held at the Anderson County Center. At this moment, his bond has not been set. 

The woman with him has not been charged, Detective Nikki Carson told the Independent Mail. 

A neighbor did tell authorities that the pair had tried to break into her home earlier Thursday morning.  

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