This TDG is a sequel to TDG ST-2, Home Invasion. It posits a (mostly) favorable conclusion and explores the post-shooting environment and important choices and actions you must take.
The prior scenario ended with two intruders shot on the stairs leading up to the second floor where you, your wife and your daughter were sheltering. Another retreated out the back door, piled into their van and drove away, as seen by your wife from her upstairs window.
The first man up the stairs was hit by the first two rounds you fired, and then by several more after you addressed his accomplice and came back to find him scrabbling for the handgun he dropped as he stumbled and on the stairs. He's been motionless and quiet since then.
The second intruder who you shot on the stairs fired one round of buckshot from the short-barreled, pistol-grip shotgun he carried, before the second half of your 9mm magazine put him down. Most of that shot flew harmlessly through the doorway on an upward angle or stopped in the door frame you were using for cover, but two 00 pellets penetrated two layers of sheetrock in the adjacent wall and struck you with reduced velocity in your left shoulder and upper bicep. They are still in the wounds and hurt like hell.
The shotgunner dropped his weapon, slid to the bottom of the stairs, and crawled out of sight into the dining room as you performed a one-handed empty-gun reload. He left a heavy blood trail behind but you do not know his condition or even whether he is still in the house.
After yelling to your wife to remain where she is, you told your daughter to fetch clean clothes from her drawer and tightly bind your wounds to stem the moderate bleeding. She has taken the Stop the Bleed course and understands the basics of bleeding control. Then you told her to dial 911 on her cell phone and hand it to you. You take it in your left hand – the arm is still functional – and from your covered position in the doorway you continue to observe the stairs below, with your reloaded pistol in your right hand.
1. The call goes through, and the dispatcher says, "911, what is your emergency?"
What do you say, and why?
Twenty-two minutes later, the dispatcher calls back and tells you deputies are arriving, and to follow their instructions. Your wife reports two sheriff's office pickup trucks pulling up the driveway with emergency lights on. In the distance she sees two ambulances approaching.
2. A moment later, from the vicinity of the broken-in back door on the first floor you hear, "Johnson County Sheriff!" followed by what sounds like two people coming through the door into the downstairs hall out of your sight.
How do you respond?