Batter Up!

Don't you just love a happy ending?

Cape man beats armed intruder to death

A remote Cape Cod farmhouse became the scene of a bloodbath early yesterday after two masked gunmen burst into a West Barnstable home and pistol-whipped its occupant, only to have the victim's son beat one intruder to death with a baseball bat, sources said.

Barnstable police responded to 56 Boxwood Drive after a panicked 911 call saying the suspects had forced their way into the home and began to beat Pete Somers with the butt of a handgun and attempted to tie him up, sources said.

Somers' son, Joel, who was upstairs, grabbed a baseball bat and rushed downstairs to help his father. By then, the elder Somers had fought off one attacker, who then fled.

The younger Somers apparently began to beat the second masked gunman, Osnel D. Azor, 23, with the baseball bat. Azor died a short time later at Cape Cod Hospital.

Someone buy that man a Blue Ribbon. And that's not even the best part of the story. Well, OK, so maybe that is the best part, but this comes in at a very close second.

Law enforcement sources said it is unlikely that Joel Somers, who was recently released from jail, will face charges for the fatal beating.

Yesterday, Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe confirmed Azor was an intruder.

"He did not belong on the property - had no authority or right to be there," O'Keefe said.

Is there yet hope for the Bay State?

UPDATE: From the Boston Globe, comes this bit of insight from the deceased choirboy's sister:

"He was getting his life together, going to school, doing the right thing."

OK, class, let's review.

...two masked gunmen burst into a West Barnstable home and pistol-whipped its occupant...

[snip]

...suspects had forced their way into the home and began to beat Pete Somers with the butt of a handgun and attempted to tie him up...

Imagine what might have happened had her dirtbag brother set out to do the wrong thing yesterday.