>>> kendra st. claire is a brave little 12-year-old and even being call add hero. a station caught up to her to talk to her about an intruder who tried to break into her home while she was there by herself. she was sitting on other couch watching some tv when she heard someone ring the doorbell. went to look through the blinds, didn't recognize the man. he started pounding on the door. she got really scared. >> i said, go get the gun in my closet right now and call 911. >> which is exactly what she did. >> this is 911 emergency. where is your emergency. >> in my house. i'm in my -- >> okay. i have an officer en route. stay on the phone with me. >> please. they're in the house. >> the intruder was inside her home. >> a horror movie. >> you still have nor myour mom phone there? >> listen to what she said she did next. >> when he turned the door handle, i shot toward him with the gun, and it hit him right here in the arm. >> did you shoot the gun, honey? >> yes. >> she shot through the door. >> she shot through the closet door when she was at when she saw the doorknob

kendra st. claireeard the sounds of an intruder approaching and then breaking into her house. >> i was scared. not knowing what i was going to do next. >> reporter: petrified, her first call was to her mom. >> i said get the gun and get into my closet and call 911. >> reporter: terrified, the sixth grader followed the orders to a tee. >> okay, i want you to stay on the phone with me. >> okay, please. i think they are in the house. >> reporter: holding a .40 caliber glock like this, kendra's fear only intensified as the intruder headed for the closet. >> please, please, help me. >> you have your mom's gun there? >> reporter: suddenly, sheer terror as the doorknob to the closet begins to turn. the 12-year-old didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger of the gun for the first time in her life. >> i didn't realize i'd have to shoot somebody. >> reporter: and apparently she's a good shot. she hit 32-year-old stacy jones on her first try. scaring him out of the house. they arrested him just blocks away, chargin

kendra st. clair was home alone wednesday when she heard someone pounding on the front door. she peeked through the blinds, saw the man of the she got scared and called her mom. her mother told her to get the gun and get in the closet and call 911. >> i was sitting in the closet, really scared, holding the gun, not knowing what was going to happen. when he turned the door handle, i shot toward him with mom's gun and it hit him right here in the arm. i was shaking. i didn't know what to do. i was kind of hesitant about the whole thing. the whole time i was scared. and sad. and i was crying. i couldn't believe it was happening. >> she set a good example. i don't know of many women or men, or young girls who would have been able to do what she did today. >> the intruder ran out of the house. police arrested a suspect a block away. he was treated at the hospital for a gunshot wound. then charged with burglary. >>> check out this video of a store clerk in maine. in the run of her life. security video from a tobacco store in portland shows the clerk flipping over a partition as she

. >> joining us is that brave 12-year-old, kendra st. claire. >> thank you for having us. >> kendra, tell us what happened when you were home alone that day. what did you hear? >> i was watching tv and i heard the doorbell ring, so i stayed on the couch and didn't answer it because i'm not supposed to answer the door. if i do not know who it is. so time went by and hearing the doorbell again, i went to the window and looked through the blinds and didn't know the guy, so i called my mom and she said to get the gun, call 911 and get in her closet. >> and in fact, let me stop you there because i want to bring in your mom. debra, it was obvious there was about to be a break in. >> yes, ma'am, it was very obvious. >> why? >> when she told me he had rang the doorbell several times then banged on the door, i knew something was very wrong. >> i think kendra, you heard some glass shattering and all of a sudden he was in your house. had you ever shot a gun before? >> i have never shot a gone before. that was the first time i ever have. >> when your mom t