Ironton Police said the family was staying in a Columbus hotel while attending a horse show last week when a man burst in their room waving a gun and demanding money.

He told them to get on the floor and began robbing them.

That's when a woman who was lying on her purse pulled out her .357 pistol and shot the man once in the chest.

He died in the parking lot soon afterward.

Police said the 70-year-old great-grandmother has a permit to carry a concealed weapon and was trained by Ironton police.

No one else was injured. The incident is under investigation.