Zoey Ripple Shot in the Hip for Drunken Home Invasion

While I’ve been out here in Denver, this story leads the top of the hour news radio cycles- Zoey Ripple, a 21 year old college sorority drunk chick stumbled into a home blitzed on jaeger bombs and got herself shot by the homeowner.

Of course, news casters kept hoping that the homeowners would be charged with a crime for defending themselves, but Zoey is facing charges now. From 850 KOA here:

The Boulder District Attorney’s office says an intoxicated female intruder shot by a Boulder homeowner will be charged with felony criminal tresspassing. Zoey Ripple,21, was shot in the hip. She reportedly had a blood alcohol level above .20

According to the homeowners, they continued to shout to warn the intruder to leave. The male homeowner shouted that he had a gun and would use it if the intruder did not leave immediately. The intruder continued walking through the bedroom, toward the couple. The couple could see a light that the intruder was carrying as the intruder continued toward the bed.

The husband and wife told police the intruder would not acknowledge their demands to leave. At that point, the husband fired one shot toward the light, and heard what sounded like something falling onto floor. When the husband turned on the light, they saw an unknown female intruder on the floor with a gunshot wound to her hip. The couple called 911. The female intruder was taken to the hospital for treatment. Her injuries do not appear to be life threatening.

So CU is a party school eh? Good for those residents. I guess Zoey was using her cellphone as a light and that provided a nice target.