(KMOX) - Breaking into Willie Murphy's home is not a good idea and one New York burglar learned that the hard way.
A man broke into the home of the 82-year-old, award-winning bodybuilder who can deadlift 225 pounds and was met with the fight of his life. She explained the story to
WHAM-TV, saying the man started pounding on her door at 11 p.m. yelling that he was sick and needed an ambulance. She told him she was going to call the police – but she didn't need them.
“I’m alone and I’m old, but guess what? I’m tough.”Willie Murphy is 82. She's a powerlifter. When a 28-yr-old man tried to break into her house - she says she took him DOWN. pic.twitter.com/MFXyrG1um0
— Seth Palmer (@sethpalmer3)
November 22, 2019 "I hear a loud noise," she told WHAM-TV. "I’m thinking, what the heck was that? The young man is in my home. He broke the door.
"I picked up the table, and I went to work on him. The table broke.
"I grabbed the shampoo. Guess what? He’s still on the ground. In his face, all of it, the whole thing.
"I got the broom. He’s pulling the broom. I’m hitting him with the broom."
"He picked the wrong house to break into," she concluded.
The man was sent to the hospital for his injuries and Murphy was applauded by the first responders who arrived at her home, WHAM reports.
82-year-old Willie Murphy says a man broke into her home late last night. The suspect likely thought she was an easy target. What he didn't realize - Murphy is an award winning body builder who still competes."I'm alone and I'm old, but guess what? I'm tough."@13WHAM pic.twitter.com/4VpwH3Xu8e
— Andrew Banas (@AndrewWHAM)
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