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A New Mexico woman was spending the evening with her four-year-old granddaughter when a stranger burst into her house and demanded her keys, leading to a heated confrontation that ended when she shot the man.
Anissa Tinnin, 45, was elated that her granddaughter was spending the night at her Albuquerque home. She was planning to take the little girl to school the following morning.
The duo ate dinner, bathed and cuddled on the couch as they watched Taylor Swift's Eras Tour film.
'We had our popcorn and M&M's, dancing and singing along, when our lives were about to suddenly change,' Tinnin wrote on Facebook as she recounted the evening of March 21.
Suddenly, a man she'd never seen before barreled through the front door. The grandmother would later learn that he had hopped a fence on the property, his every move captured on a Ring camera.
Anissa Tinnin, 45, was spending the night with her four-year-old granddaughter when a stranger suddenly burst into her Albuquerque home
The man, 32-year-old Joseph Rivera, was fleeing police when he hopped a fence on Tinnin's property and broke into her house
Rivera demanded the woman hand over the keys to her pricey Range Rover Sport and threatened to harm her granddaughter if she didn't comply
'I jumped over this couch and we met there by the front door,' Tinnin told KRQE.
'That's when he grabbed me and was upset and said to give him my keys. He said he didn't want to go to jail. He did threaten to hurt my granddaughter and me.'
Unbeknownst to her, the man, 32-year-old Joseph Rivera, was a convicted felon with a lengthy rap sheet.
Once inside Tinnin's home, he demanded she hand over the keys to her Range Rover Sport. The luxury car has been increasingly targeted by thieves, who can easily intercept the signal between the vehicle and its key, unlock the doors and drive off.
As Tinnin frantically looked for her keys, she dialed 911. 'I told him to not hurt us, that I would do whatever he wanted. I would give him keys, money, whatever it took,' she
