Woman, 90, shoots self inside foreclosed home

A 90-year-old Akron, Ohio, woman who shot herself as sheriff\'s deputies tried to evict her from her foreclosed home became a symbol of the nation\'s home mortgage crisis Friday.
Fannie Mae foreclosed on the Akron, Ohio, home of Addie Polk, 90, after acquiring the mortgage in 2007.

Fannie Mae foreclosed on the Akron, Ohio, home of Addie Polk, 90, after acquiring the mortgage in 2007.

Addie Polk is being treated at Akron General Medical Center after shooting herself at least twice in the upper body Wednesday afternoon, her city councilman said.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, mentioned Polk on the House floor Friday during debate over the latest economic rescue proposal.

This bill does nothing for the Addie Polks of the world, Kucinich said after telling her story. This bill fails to address the fact that millions of homeowners are facing foreclosure, are facing the loss of their home. This bill will take care of Wall Street, and the market may go up for a few days, but democracy is going downhill.

Neighbor Robert Dillon used a ladder to enter a second-story window of Polk\'s home after he and the deputies heard bangs inside, Dillon told CNN affiliate WEWS-TV in Cleveland, Ohio.

I just thought she may have fell or couldn\'t get up or something, he told WEWS. I didn\'t know [she had shot herself] until I got in there. And even when I got there, she was breathing, but she wasn\'t saying anything to me. I knew she needed help then.

Dillon said he saw blood when he put his hand on Polk\'s shoulder.