Good Guy with a Gun #161: Coos Bay, OR
A golf club, a shot, and a hole: This is not a golf story. | Original incident: April 12, 2024
These posts are based on our Good Guy with a Gun calendar. Today’s post is essentially the same as the calendar version.
Do a quick search on Coos Bay, Oregon, and you’ll get a lot of articles about their tourist attractions and golfing facilities. This story is a little different, even though it does involve a golf club, a shot, and a hole in [some]one.
Early on a Friday morning, just before 1 AM, 28-year-old David Holmes made the mistake of trying to break into a Coos Bay home. He was armed with a golf club.
The homeowner shot him and called 911. Luckily for Holmes, the homeowner didn’t feel like shooting eighteen holes.
Police provided medical care until medics arrived, and then Holmes was taken to the hospital. There was no word on charges against him at press time.
Sources
There’s a police report, which you can find on Facebook and Instagram, and everything else derives directly from that.
KVAL 13 devoted 37 seconds of airtime to the story. Other reports came from The World Link, KOBI 5, OregonToday.net, and KEZI 9. I don’t see any follow-up, interviews with nearby residents, or any other legwork from news organizations.
I also don’t see any coverage from 2A or specialist news organizations.