Gun-toting woman stops suspect in front yard

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Karen Granville said she heard the Sheriff's helicopter and sirens while laying in bed at about three in the morning Tuesday. She said she then heard someone run right by her bedroom window and through her yard.

Granville, 64, said she grabbed her pistol and ran outside, and came face to face with a carjacking suspect. She told deputies she said, "Stop right there [expletive], or you're going to be dead where you stand."

She said the suspect, Roderick Willis, pleaded with her not to shoot.

Granville held Willis there until deputies showed up and arrested Willis. Deputies said they spotted Willis' rental car going 90mph past them as they were looking for a stolen vehicle in Holly HIll.  They pursued him and he led them on a two-city chase before dumping the car in Granville's driveway.

Inside the car, deputies say they found cocaine, marijuana, and nearly $2,000.