walton county sheriff's deputies say thmother works from the home on henderson ridge drive. her 9-year-old twins didn't have school. around noon, a strange man arrived at the door. deputies say he began continuously ringing bell. when no one responded, he grabbed a crowbar from his truck and pried his way in. that's when the mother grabbed her kids, her gun, and hid in a crawl space. >> the perpetrator opens that door. of course, at that time, he's staring at her, her two children, and a .38 revolver. >> reporter: sheriff joe chapman says the woman began firing all six rounds, hitting the suspect in the face and neck five times. >> she starts yelling at him, stay down or i'm going to shoot you again. that's when she gets her two children out of the crawl space, and they run downstairs and run out of the house to a neighbor next door. >> reporter: they ran next door, and the man took off in his truck. sheriff chapman says 32-year-old paul slater crashed up the road. deputies found him on the ground. chapman said he told the deputies, help me, i'm close to dying. the mother an