Diapers save Baby from Robbery Gun Shot

Mustapha Shehu.

Yesterday 10 months old Brandi Ford narrowly escaped death when her thick diapers stopped a bullet from a robber’s gun at her 1722 N Pemberton St. residence in Cambridge.
Brandi, her 20 year old mother Grace Ford and Elka, the family dog were in the front room of their home, while Grace’s 16 year old sister Cynthia Philips was in the kitchen when the robbers budged in at noon.
The robbers, described as 18 to 20 years old, were White males and of medium height and weight. One wore ski masks and jogging pants with the letters OU (Oklahoma University) down the side.
Brandi’s mother said the robbers fired three shots at Elka when she started barking. “They were trying to shoot Elka, to shut her up. She is a Rottweiler and she is mean,” she said.
They also shot at Brandi whom had started crying in her pen when the dog was shot at, but she was not hurt. “When I picked her up” said Ford, “I found the bullet hole and the bullet. There was about an inch left to the diaper that it didn’t pierce. The diapers were extra thick.” She shuddered at what would have happened if it were not for the diapers. “Think about what might have happened. Extra thick diapers are really worth the money,” Ford said.
Phillips surrendered to the robbers her jewelry which she said are worth $5,000 when they pushed them around the house demanding money and jewelry. The robbers escaped in a getaway car with a driver parked by a nearby cemetery before the Sheriff’s Deputies arrived in response to a call by the Fords’ neighbor, Rebecca Laffey, whom had heard the gun shots.
Although robbery is up by 10 percent in Cambridge, this is the first robbery in the neighborhood in one year.