When an intruder broke into 74-year-old Margaret Jackson’s home, he soon learned that he would be no match for the fork-wielding woman Houston cops have dubbed the “Gangsta Granny.”

Jackson says she was alerted to the intruder’s presence when her dog began barking. She peeked out of her window and found a teen in her backyard trying to break in. Figuring she had to get to him before he got to her, she grabbed a pair of scissors and a fork and confronted the intruder.

As he ran off, she struck the him in the neck with the knife.

“They want to learn how to use the fork, I can teach self defense in the fork,” said Jackson. “He was pushing on me. He turned around. And when he turned around, that’s when he messed up. I got him right in the neck!”