Mother Shot In Home Invasion Fires Back

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A community is rallying around a young mother who was shot inside her home in east Charlotte.

Semantha Bunce, 21, remains at Carolinas Medical Center with serious injuries caused by at least two gunshot wounds.

Bunce was shot by intruders who kicked in the front door to her home on Matlea Court Tuesday morning, police said. Those responsible remain on the loose.


On Wednesday, family members shared pictures of the mother and her family, including the couple’s 4-month-old son.

Bunce was feeding the baby when the assailants forced their way into the home.

Bunce met the intruders at her bedroom door and when the men opened fire on her in the stairwell area, she fired back, her husband said.

“I think it was a shock to the intruders just as much as it was to her,” said Paul Bunce, her husband.

Paul told Channel 9 his wife is a combat medic with the National Guard. He believes her training allowed her to stay mentally focused and calm during what was a fight for her life.

“They've got a long journey,” said one neighbor outside the Bunce family’s home.

Since the shooting, neighbors have embraced the family. Many stopped by the house and offered their thoughts and prayers for a mother who risked it all to protect her own.

Family members said Semantha will need at least one more surgery.

“The victim, she made it through surgery and she seems to be doing alright,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Capt. Chuck Henson said.

Henson said they've added extra patrols in the neighborhood.

“It's a big shock to find something going on like that just a few houses down,” said another neighbor who did not want to be identified.

There have been three break-ins in the neighborhood this year, but none of them led to the kind of violence involved in Tuesday's incident.

“This investigation is going full force ahead,” Henson said. “They're working it very, very hard and I'm very confident that we'll have an arrest in it at some point.”

Police haven't released descriptions of the intruders.

A GoFundMe account was set up for Semantha. Click here to help.

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The Fox News fans are all "See what would happen if we had more gun control?!?!" No? She's a combat veteran. She's highly trained and skilled with a gun. Joe blow who bought his gun at Walmart or a gun show with no background check, license, or training is not and is way more likely to shoot someone on accident than in self defense. Sigh.

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There is more to this story.

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"Police haven't released descriptions of the intruders." How about that.

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Crazy story. Maybe this is terrible of me but I can't get over "Semantha".. it reminds me of the time Starbucks put "Sementha" on my cup. 

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I'm trying to figure out how this went. She was feeding the baby with a gun at her side? Or she put the baby down and went to get the gun after she heard the door? How did this happen?