Neighbors of a state corrections officer who was shot along with his wife during a weekend home invasion in Queens say they aren’t surprised his “no-nonsense” wife fought back with a hammer to defend him.
“She is a strong woman. No-nonsense woman. She’s a very loving person, but she does not stand for nonsense,” neighbor Evelyn Fowler, 69, said of Sharon Floyd-Wright, who struck one of the burglars in the head with a hammer before they fled from the couple’s Jamaica home on Sunday night.
Two men broke into the Mathias Avenue home just before 7 p.m. and blasted five bullets into the torso of Henry Wright, 58, and another into the shoulder of his 51-year-old wife as she fought back.
“I wasn’t surprised at all,” by Wright’s wife defending him, said neighbor James Best, 83. “She has always been a bold person, and she’s not the type to shrink away from a fight.
“Don’t get me wrong she’s not a bully, but growing up, the boys didn’t pick on her,” said Best who has known Floyd-Wright for nearly five decades.
The wounded couple is recovering at Jamaica Hospital.
Officers from the State Corrections and NYPD gathered in the ER at the hospital to show their support for Wright as he underwent surgery late Sunday.
“She is a very kind-hearted person. He is a very quiet person. He’s always working on something, either the house or his cars,” Fowler said of the couple. “I want the people who did this brought to justice!
[The Wrights] did not deserve to be treated like this, bust in on and shot. It is terrifying.”
Neighbors admitted that they are one edge following the break-in.
“This makes me very scared. During the day, I am home alone. Most of the time in the yard. I do not feel safe here now,” Fowler said.
Police are still seeking the two gunmen, who are described as in their 20s and wearing black hoodies and blue jeans at the time of the crime.