Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog

East Side homeowner kills break-in suspect

A man was shot in the chest and killed about 2:45 this morning by a homeowner who said the man had broken into his house.

Police said it happened in the 13400 block of St. Clair Avenue.

Lawrence Hanson, 65, said he was awakened by the sound of someone breaking into the house. When the Hanson went downstairs to investigate, he saw signs that his house was being burglarized. He went back upstairs, got dressed and grabbed his gun.

Hanson said he had no intention to shoot and kill a burglar morning. Hanson confronted the man, whose name has not been released, and ordered the intruder to stop.

The man approached Hanson. The gun went off, and the man fell to the ground, Hanson said. "I can't believe I shot somebody," he said, standing next to his garage.

Hanson was not arrested, but police seized the gun. The case is under investigation.

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Burglar takes gun from Franklin man, wounds him

A Franklin man shot in his garage by an intruder Wednesday night remained at Methodist Hospital today, but Franklin police said the man was believed likely to make a full recovery.

James Duncan, 28, encountered the intruder shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday after he went to investigate a sound in his garage. Duncan lives in the 500 block of Hanna Place in the Canary Creek neighborhood.

After advising his wife to call 911, Duncan took a .22-caliber bolt-action rifle from his home before confronting the intruder. In an ensuing struggle, the intruder grabbed the gun from Duncan and shot him in the shoulder. The suspect then dropped the gun and fled.

"I'd just like to know who did it, and that's what we're working on," said Det. Chris Tennell of the Franklin Police Department.

Police said the man was wearing a T-shirt worn by carnival workers at the Johnson County Fair, which is being held this week in Franklin. But Tennell emphasized that they do not know whether the suspect has any connection to the fair.

Duncan and his family had just returned from the fair themselves and were putting their two children to bed when Duncan heard the noise in his garage, Tennell said.

Doctors opted not to remove the bullet from Duncan's shoulder, Tennell said, fearing they might damage muscle tissue or an artery in trying to extract it.

"Anytime you have a bullet in your body and you're bleeding, that's not good," Tennell said. "But as far as gunshot victims go, they said he should recover fine."

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Man Remodeling Home Kills Intruder, Deputies Say

Deputies said a man who was sleeping in a home he was remodeling shot and killed an intruder who woke him up early Tuesday morning.

The shooting happened at ½ Stevens St. just off Watts Street around 12:30 a.m.

Deputies said the man who is remodeling the home actually lives across the street, but had decided to sleep at the project home.

Something woke the homeowner up and he found someone inside the home, deputies said. They said the man fired twice at the intruder, killing him.

Deputies said the case appears to be self defense and that no charges will be filed.

The State Law Enforcement Division was called in to help with the investigation.

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Homeowner fire shots at intruder

A homeowner shot his gun at an intruder Wednesday night. It happened near 49th and South Newport in midtown Tulsa.

Tulsa police tell 2NEWS that the homeowner missed when he fired a shot inside his house. The homeowner then forced the suspect outside, and fired another shot, missing.

There was a struggle, and the intruder got the homeowner's gun. When police arrived, officers feared the intruder may fire shots at them. Officers quickly tackled the suspect and took him into custody.

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STATESVILLE, N.C. -- Statesville officers drove slowly and watched closely as they patrolled the neighborhood where gunshots erupted along School Street on Wednesday afternoon. A day care center is just yards away.

Margaret Campbell, a concerned neighbor, said, "It's dangerous for the day care and the neighbors. I'm a senior citizen I can't walk fast, much less run."

Detectives said the frightening incident started when a man with a gun broke into a house, demanded money and then fired a warning shot. That's when a robbery turned into a shootout.

According to detectives, the gunman shot at the house while he ran away. At the same time, two of the victims inside shot at the robber.

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Man Shoots Home Intruder In Southbury

Intruder Involved In Car Crash, Police Say

State police said they received a call Sunday from a man who said he had encountered an intruder at his house.

John Nagy told police that he may have shot the intruder at his home, located at 44 Berkshire Road in Southbury.

Nagy told police that he was awakened at about 2 a.m. by a noise in the basement area of the house. Nagy said he went to investigate the basement area armed with a weapon.

He stated that he encountered a man who had entered the basement. The man advanced in the direction of the Nagy, and Nagy said he shot his gun in the direction of the intruder and left his home to wait for police.

Nagy told state police that he believed that the intruder was still in the basement.

State troopers entered the home with a state police K-9 to search for the intruder, police said.

The intruder was located by troopers in the basement of the home suffering from an apparent single gunshot wound.

EMS responded, provided emergency care at the scene and transported the wounded suspect to Waterbury Hospital, where he underwent surgery for his injuries.

The identification of the suspect is being withheld pending notification of family, police said.

Initial investigation by state police determined that the man was in fact the operator of a vehicle that had been involved in a one-car crash on River Road in Southbury.

The man fled the crash scene on foot and walked for about a half a mile and then entered the Nagy's house, where he encountered the homeowner.

State Police Western District Major Crime Squad will handle the investigation at the crime scene by collecting physical and forensic evidence and conduct follow-up investigation, police said.

Nagy was not injured in this incident, police said.

At the conclusion of the investigation, all facts and circumstances of this incident will be reviewed with the state's attorney, officials said.

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Shooting victim now charged in connection with house break

A 24-year-old city man, allegedly shot in the neck during an armed house break, has been arrested on home invasion and gun charges in connection with the break.

Brandon L. Medeiros of 450 Kempton St. is charged with four counts of armed home invasion with a firearm, two counts of armed assault with intent to commit robbery with a firearm, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, unlawfully carrying/possession of a firearm, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, armed burglary with a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, according to New Bedford police.

Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office, said Mr. Medeiros will be arraigned on the charges today in New Bedford District Court.

He added that prosecutors will seek a dangerousness hearing to hold the suspect for up to 90 days while awaiting trial.

He said Steven Gagne, an assistant district attorney, has had preliminary discussions with Christopher Markey, the defense attorney for Mr. Medeiros, and a dangerousness hearing has been tentatively scheduled for Friday in New Bedford District Court.

The charges stem from a house break at 33 Sycamore St. about 8:15 p.m. Monday when a gun discharged during a scuffle between two suspects and the male occupant.

Mr. Miliote said prosecutors allege one of the suspects is Mr. Medeiros.

Mr. Medeiros was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bedford, and then flown by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital. Police found Mr. Medeiros when they responded to a report of a man shot laying in the street near 74 Parker St.

Mr. Miliote said Mr. Medeiros was not seriously injured in the shooting and will be present in court for his arraignment.

The spokesman did not identify the second suspect in the house break and said he remains at-large.

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Man shoots, kills home invader

A Flagstaff resident shot and killed a man he knew who broke into his home Monday morning.

Flagstaff police received a 911 call at about 10:36 a.m. Monday to respond to a home on North Center Street in Sunnyside, said Sgt. Tom Boughner of the police department.

Once officers arrived, the resident told police that he had shot an intruder, who was a man he knew, Boughner said. How the resident knew the man who was shot is still under investigation.

"He said he heard a crash in one of the back rooms," Boughner said, adding that the resident stated he saw the intruder and knew him.

"He reported he felt threatened by the intruder," Boughner said. "He then shot at the intruder six times with a .45-caliber pistol."

The intruder, who was shot three times, has been identified as Edward Matthew Duran, 22, a Flagstaff resident, Boughner said.

Duran is a convicted felon who was released from prison in November 2006 after being convicted in Coconino County Superior Court of three separate violent felonies, according to court records.

Boughner said the shooting does not appear to be drug- or gang-related, and that the resident has been cooperative with police.

The resident has not been arrested or charged with a crime.

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Shots exchanged during KC home invasion

An intruder who forced his way into a Kansas City home early this morning was chased off when a resident fired a shot through his closed bedroom door.

Kansas City police were called to the house in the 4100 block of South Benton St. about 1:50 a.m. and found signs that the front door had been pried open.

A 69-year-old man told officers that he was awakened by the sound of the door being forced open. The man said that as he heard the intruder approach his bedroom he fired a shot from a .40-caliber handgun. The suspect fired a return shot and fled.

Another man was sleeping in the house, but neither resident saw the intruder, according to police reports. The residents were not injured and there were no signs that a bullet hit the intruder.

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Manhunt Underway For Home Invasion Suspect

A manhunt is underway in the Florin Road area of Sacramento for a suspect following a viiolent [sic] home invasion.

Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies say a suspect broke into a home on Florin Road and the homeowner fired several shots at the man.

The suspect then took off on foot.

Deputies are going door to door looking for the suspect in the area around Florin Road between Watt and Florin Perkins.

They have even brought out dogs to search the area.

It's unclear if the suspect was hit by the gunfire.

Apparently the homeowner was not injured.

Homeowner shoots at man during attempted break-in

An alleged burglar left a critical piece of evidence behind when he attempted to break in to a south Sacramento home early Wednesday morning: his car.

James Villapando, 34, of Sacramento, parked his Toyota sedan in the driveway of a home on Florin Road, just west of south Watt Avenue, before allegedly attempting to enter the home through a window around 3:35 a.m., Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran said.

The homeowner heard the man trying to get in, armed himself with a gun and fired several shots, Curran said.

Villapando was not injured and ran away from the home, leaving the car in the driveway, Curran said.

Deputies found Villapando hiding out in the area about two hours later.

Villapando, who was an at-large parolee, was arrested on suspicion of burglary and is being booked into Sacramento County Jail.

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Homeowner Shoots Home Invader

A homeowner shot a man who he said broke into his home around 4 a.m. Wednesday.

Police answered a burglary call in the 6200 block of Forest Avenue early Wednesday morning.

The man who lives in the house said he was home alone when a man broke in through a window.

A struggle ensued and shots were fired.

The home invader was shot but managed to get away in a vehicle driven by another person, the homeowner said.

Police were nearby when they heard the call. They followed a car they saw leaving the scene and took two men into custody just a block away who they believe were involved in the home invasion.

One of the men in the vehicle had a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital with a serious, but non-life-threatening injury.

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Authorities: Surry County Intruder Shot, Killed

Deputies are investigating a breaking-and-entering case in which they said the intruder was shot and killed.

The incident occurred just after 8 a.m. Monday in Surry County.

Authorities said a man woke up and found another man climbing through a ladder and going through his window.

The homeowner confronted 55-year-old Howard Jones as he came off the ladder, investigators said.

Jones was shot twice with a rifle and later died at a local hospital, according to the Surry County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities said it wasn't the first time Jones had broken into the home.

No charges have been filed.

The case is still under investigation.

No charges filed in shooting

No charges will be filed against a homeowner stemming from his fatal shooting of a suspected intruder last week, Surry County Sheriff Graham Atkinson said Wednesday.

This determination in the case involving the shooting of Ky Howard Jones, 55, was reached after officials with the sheriff's office met this week with District Attorney Ricky Bowman and members of his staff.

Jones, for whom no official address has been given, was shot on the morning of Sept. 17 while trying to burglarize a home he once owned at 484 Surry Gadsberry Road in the Pilot Mountain area, according to earlier accounts.

Authorities have said that Jones had propped a ladder against the house and was attempting to gain entry through a window when he was confronted by Jayme Gullatt, the homeowner, who was awakened by a loud noise and grabbed a .223-caliber rifle.

The intruder then began to advance on the homeowner, who fired two warning shots into the ground, based on Gullatt's statements to investigators. Despite the homeowner's actions, Jones continued to approach Gullatt and got to within a few feet of him before being shot once in the upper body. Jones was transported to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, where he died later that day.

Atkinson said Tuesday that after reviewing the evidence with the District Attorney's Office, it was determined that the homeowner had acted reasonably and within his rights.

As a result, no charges will be filed against Gullatt, whom authorities ruled was trying to protect himself.

North Carolina law states that a lawful occupant within a residence is justified in using any degree of force that the occupant reasonably believes is necessary to prevent a forcible entry or terminate an intruder's unlawful entry. Deadly force is allowed if the occupant reasonably believes that the intruder might kill or inflict serious injury to someone in the home or commit a felony there.

A lawful occupant does not have a duty to retreat from an intruder in such cases, under state law.

Jones earlier had been convicted of breaking into the house on Surry Gadsberry Road and was a suspect in another illegal entry there which occurred in the days before he was fatally shot.

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Man In Wheelchair Shoots Intruder

A wheelchair-bound man shot an intruder in his home in the 8100 block of Alpine Road in Detroit Sunday night.

The man said he saw the intruder as he was getting out of the shower.

The homeowner told police he shot the man to protect his home and he feared for his life.

He said he does not feel safe anymore, so he will be moving out of his home.

Police said the intruder drove himself to the hospital. He is listed in critical condition.

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Homeowner shoots suspected intruder

Detectives are questioning a man who shot a suspected intruder early today inside the northwest Harris County home he was remodeling, authorities said.

After the homeowner stopped by the house in the 7900 block of Shady Grove about 7:45 a.m., "he found an intruder inside," said Sgt. Joe Freeman of the Harris County Sheriff's homicide division.

In the ensuing confrontation, a suspect in his late teens to early 20s was shot, and subsequently taken to Ben Taub General Hospital, authorities said. His condition is unknown.

Deputies placed paper bags over the homeowner's hands to preserve any gunpowder residue from the shooting. He wasn't injured, authorities said.

Detectives haven't determined if the entry was forced or how long the suspect had been inside.

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Pot grower takes shot at possible intruder

An Olivehurst man said he was defending his medical marijuana garden when he fired his shotgun in the middle of the night at an apparent intruder, according to the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies responded about 3:30 a.m. Thursday to a reported shot fired from a residence in the 1600 block of Broadway Road and contacted the owner, a man in his mid-40s who was not identified because the incident is still under investigation, said Sgt. Stephanie Murray.

The owner said he thought he saw a gun barrel poking through a backyard fence near his marijuana garden and heard a clicking noise as if the gun were being cocked, said Murray.

The man fired one time, hitting the fence. Deputies found shotgun pellets in the fence but no sign that anyone had been hit, she said.

“He said he was defending his property,” Murray said about the shooter, who was not arrested. He had a doctor’s prescription for the marijuana, she said.

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Carter Albrecht, musician with Sorta, New Bohemians, dies in shooting

The local music community was left stunned Monday by the fatal shooting of a well-known musician who authorities say beat up his girlfriend and then tried to kick in a neighbor's door in an apparent drunken rage.

Jeffrey Carter Albrecht, 34, died early Monday after being shot in the head by the neighbor, who thought he was a burglar. Police said the girlfriend had bruises on her face but did not suffer serious injuries. The couple did not have a history of domestic violence, police said.

Mr. Albrecht, who went by his middle name, was a guitarist and keyboardist best known for his work with the Dallas rock band Sorta as well as with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.

"It's a sad day for Dallas music," local concert promoter Mike Snider said. "He was a musical genius, a real prodigy — everything came to him naturally. He was an incredible instrumentalist — when he played, you could really see the joy he got out of playing."

According to police, Mr. Albrecht and his girlfriend had been partying at a Greenville Avenue bar. He had gotten drunk, and she had driven them to her home in the 9000 block of Santa Clara Drive, just east of White Rock Lake, police said.

The girlfriend told police that Mr. Albrecht slammed a drinking glass on a table, cutting his hand. He then struck the girlfriend in the face several times with his fist, knocking her to the floor at about 4 a.m. Monday, the report said.

He hit her in the back while she was on the floor, the report said. She broke away from Mr. Albrecht and ran outside. He followed her, according to the report. She then went around to the back yard and through the back door, locking Mr. Albrecht out, the report said.

Mr. Albrecht "attempted a few times to gain access to the … residence by knocking and banging on the door," but could not get in, the report said. Police believe Mr. Albrecht then went to the back of nearby neighbor's home.

The neighbor told police "he was awakened when he heard his wife screaming that someone was breaking into the house." The man was kicking and banging at the door, and the homeowner yelled at him to stop.

When the man, identified as Mr. Albrecht, didn't stop, the homeowner who was armed with a handgun "shot one time at the top of the door," the report said.

"He was trying to shoot over his head to scare him away," but Mr. Albrecht "is rather tall," said Sgt. Larry Lewis, a homicide supervisor, estimating the musician's height to be 6-foot-5.

Mr. Albrecht was shot once time in the head and died at the scene.

Police did not release the name of the homeowner who shot Mr. Albrecht. Investigators said the case will be referred to the grand jury to determine whether any charges will be filed.

A new law, nicknamed the "Castle doctrine," eliminates the requirement that someone has to retreat before using deadly force to defend themselves. The law already allows a person to use deadly force to prevent someone from committing a break-in at night.

Dallas police believe shooting of keyboardist was self-defense

The shooting death of a member of Edie Brickell and New Bohemians appears to fall under state law permitting deadly force in self-defense, police and prosecutors said Tuesday.

A grand jury will decide whether the man who shot Jeffrey Carter Albrecht will be indicted, but Sgt. Larry Lewis said Dallas police aren't pursuing charges.

Police said Albrecht, 34, was inebriated and had been fighting with his girlfriend Monday before he was shot by a neighbor of the girlfriend.

"I am heart broken," Edie Brickell wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The neighbor, who was not immediately identified, woke up around 4 a.m. to his wife screaming that someone was breaking into the house, police said. The neighbor yelled through the door for Albrecht to leave and then fired his handgun through the door, hitting Albrecht in the head.

"He yelled several verbal warnings, 'I'll shoot! I'll shoot!'," Lewis said. "From what we gather, he fired near the top of the door, hoping he would scare the person away."

The homeowner was not arrested.

The shooting came two days after the enactment of a new state law, nicknamed the "Castle Doctrine," that gives Texans a stronger legal right to defend themselves with deadly force in their homes, cars and workplaces.

Lewis, however, said the shooter appeared to be protected under an earlier law that allows a person to protect their property with deadly force to "prevent the other's imminent commission ... of criminal mischief during the nighttime."

Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins said that in shootings like this, he'd be surprised to see a grand jury return an indictment.

"In an incident like that you're well within your rights under the old law, as well as the new one, to use deadly force," Watkins said.

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Police Continue Investigation Into Esplen Shooting

Police continue their investigation today following a man's death in Esplen overnight after officials say he broke into a home with a loaded weapon.

The shooting happened just after 2:30am in the 500-block of Parson Street.

Authorities have identified the man who died as 32-year-old Charles Long, of McKees Rocks.

Police say it all started when Long began knocking on the door of West End resident, Terrence Triplett, 27, while he and his girlfriend were sleeping. Long then kicked in the front door and entered the home, officials report.

According to investigators, Triplett confronted Long, disarmed him and fired several shots.

Officials say when they arrived they found Long lying just inside the doorway. He was pronounced dead at the scene with gunshot wounds to the head and torso.

Police say neither Triplett nor his girlfriend was injured.

Investigators say Triplett has not been charged with any crime at this time, and is free on his own recognizance. Officials report that they will consult with the District Attorney's Office to see if any charges are warranted.

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Orange homeowner shoots burglary suspect

A 65-year-old Orange County homeowner shot a man late Friday as he was breaking into his home in the 2200 block of W. Pine St.

Harvey Lee Williams, 22, was shot in the right arm and taken to a hospital for treatment.

The homeowner, who fired from inside his house, does not face charges, Orange County Sheriff's Cmdr. Bruce McMullen said. Williams has not been charged, but the investigation is not complete.

Elderly Man Shoots Suspected Burglar

Orange County deputies responding to a report of a burglary found a man with a gunshot wound to his right arm just after midnight Saturday morning.

Their investigation discovered that the shooting victim had been burglarizing a home on West Pine Street and had been shot by the homeowner, a 65 year old man.

Fire rescue transported Harvey Lee Williams to Orlando Regional Medical Center,

The wound to Williams was considered non life threatening.

He was charged with burglary, and later booked into the Orange County Jail.

The elderly homeowner was not charged.

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New Castle County police are investigating the shooting of a man Wednesday afternoon during a break-in. Shortly before 3 p.m., police were called to the first block of Christiana Crossing Drive in Newark, where a 31-year-old male resident of Christiana Farms town houses said he had shot someone trying to break into his home, said spokesman Cpl. Trinidad Navarro. A female witness drove the intruder, a 39-year-old, to Christiana Hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, Navarro said. He was reportedly in stable condition.

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Man breaks into home, finds self held at gunpoint

A man broke into a Mesa home and found himself held at gun point.

Edward Linton walked into the home through the garage door where the resident confronted him.

The resident then threw him outside and held him at gunpoint while he waited for police to come.

Right now Linton is in police custody.

No word yet on if he'll face any charges.

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ASU student shot, killed - Man mistaken as an intruder

The father of a Rowena man says his son inadvertently entered the wrong house early Saturday, then he was mistaken for a burglar and shot to death by a homeowner in San Antonio.

San Antonio police reported they found Tracy Glass, 19, dead near the home of Raymond Lemes, 48. According to a police report, Lemes told officers he was asleep when he heard a scream and realized an intruder was in his northwest San Antonio home.

The intruder ran, and Lemes chased him down the street, the report said. When he caught up with the suspect, Lemes said the man lunged at him, so he shot him, according to the report. Upon arriving at the scene, police found Glass face down, dead with gunshot wounds to the chest, neck and arm.

The police report said Lemes has a license for his .40-caliber Glock pistol.

The homeowner told police the intruder likely gained access to his home through a broken sliding door.

Burnell Glass said Monday that his son was visiting his sister at a house near Lemes’ residence. He said Tracy Glass went for a walk in the early morning and returned to what he thought was the home where he was staying.

When he heard a shout from the home, Tracy Glass turned and left, his father said. When Lemes followed him, Burnell Glass said his son turned around and was shot.

“This was a very tragic accident,” Burnell Glass said.

He said his son was a good person who simply made a mistake.

“He was not a thief,” he said. “He was not troubled or into drugs.”

Media Service Officer Joe Rios of the San Antonio Police Department said the incident is still under investigation. No charges have been filed against Lemes, Rios said.

“My son is dead, and nothing will bring him back,” Burnell Glass said.

“I have no reproach for the man. I will pray for him.”

Tracy Glass most recently worked in San Angelo at El Mejor restaurant and Dean’s Marine, his father said. He will be remembered by family and friends as a man who committed his life to God and to his family, Burnell Glass said.

Tracy Glass graduated from Miles High School in 2006 and was attending Angelo State University. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Rowena.

Rowena is about 20 miles northwest of San Angelo.

Family struggles to understand son's slaying

Carmen and Burnell Glass, two God-fearing cotton farmers from the fields of West Texas, are looking to a higher law these days in grappling with the sudden, violent death of their son.

For others, the slaying of Tracy Glass raises questions embedded firmly in the Texas Penal Code.

The case, experts said, hinges on whether a Northwest Side homeowner thought deadly force was his only option to protect himself or recover property when he chased the unarmed college student to the street and shot him to death.

Raymond Lemes, 48, found Glass inside his house early Saturday morning. Believing Glass was an intruder, Lemes grabbed his .40-caliber handgun and chased the young man outside, where he shot him in the neck, arm and chest, according to a police report.

The report does not indicate whether Glass, 19, took anything from the home. Lemes later told police he meant to detain Glass until authorities arrived, but he fired when Glass "lunged at him," the report says.

Buoyed by their Christian faith, the Glasses already have forgiven Lemes, whom they've never met. But the grieving parents also believe that the slaying of their son was a terrible mistake triggered when he mistakenly entered Lemes' house and then turned to face the homeowner.

"Tracy was not a violent person. He was not a thief," said Burnell Glass. "He was taught when you step on somebody's toes, you turn around and say, 'I'm sorry.'"

Glass, a sophomore at Angelo State University who grew up on his family's farm, had been staying at his sister's house on Autumn Evening the night he died.

That house is painted white with blue trim and is on the right side of the cul-de-sac. Lemes' house is also white with blue trim and is on the right side of another cul-de-sac, Autumn Star. One home is directly behind the other.

Living in a rural area, Glass had picked up the habit of taking late-night walks to get better reception on his cell phone, his father said. On Saturday, he sent a text message to his girlfriend and left his sister's house.

"When she called back, there was no answer," Burnell Glass said.

What happened next remains under investigation, said police spokesman Gabe Trevino.

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Resident shoots Tequesta man he thought was breaking in

A man is dead after a resident shot at him with a handgun because he thought the man was trying to break into his house.

Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, police responded to a call about a burglary in progress at the home of James and Sabrina Fantin, according to a news release. They found Paul Mantwill of Tequesta lying injured outside the home at 198 Golfview Drive.

Mantwill, 41, was flown to St. Mary's Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at about 8 a.m. that same morning.

Police are investigating the incident as a possible homicide, spokesman Peter Allen said.

The preliminary investigation indicates that 41-year-old James Fantin thought Mantwill was trying to break into his house, and Fantin fired two shots from a handgun. Allen said Friday that it was inconclusive whether Mantwill was struck by the shots, and that police are waiting on the medical examiner's ruling for a cause of death. An autopsy on Mantwill was being done Friday.

Mantwill's neighbors on Yacht Club Place described him as a nice, gentle man who lived with his parents, tending to his mother, Pauline, before she died of cancer in February.

Pete and Joan Gomez, who lived on the small waterfront cul-de-sac with the Mantwill family, said that Paul Mantwill spent his Sundays ushering the 10:30 morning mass at St. Jude Catholic Church and was a member of the Knights of Columbus, they said.

"Every time we were out, he'd come over and talk, he was very friendly," Joan said.

"I'm surprised he was out that early in the morning," her husband said Less than a mile away, the Fantin's butter-colored home seemed vacant. The blinds on the front windows were closed shut, the driveway was empty and yellow "caution" tape sealed off the back yard. The Fantins could not be reached for comment.

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Women with guns discourage home invaders

Lexington police are looking for two men wanted for a home invasion over-night and one of the suspects should be easy to spot. He's wearing only one shoe.

Police say the two men kicked the door open and rushed inside. Two armed women residents confronted the intruders and ordered them to their knees.

The shirtless men were not fools. They fled on their knees as fast as they could crawl. That's when one of them lost a shoe. A police dog sniffed the shoe, but no arrests were reported as officers searched the area.

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Stranger Found Lying On Child's Floor

Imagine checking on your 5-year-old daughter in the night and finding a complete stranger sprawled out on the floor next to her.

That's exactly what happened to an Idaho Falls family Thursday night.

"Went in kids bathroom and his hat and his shorts were on the floor and I thought that's weird and so I ran to my husband and I said Brock there's someone in the house," said Shannon Hayward.

A stranger was out cold on the floor, sleeping next to Hayward's 5-year-old step daughter.

"I froze, you know, you don't know what you'll do in that situation until it happens, I kept asking my husband, what do I do?

The man is identified by police as 21-year-old Daniel Stanton of Idaho Falls.

"Really shaggy, brown hair, about to his chin, piercing all over his face, about 6 foot tall," said Hayward.

While Shannon spoke with 911 dispatchers, her husband grabbed a rifle and ordered Stanton out of the room at gun point.

"He kept saying I don't know where I am, my husband kept saying what are you doing in my house? He was out of it, really out of it," she said.

The police report says Stanton's blood alcohol was nearly twice the limit at 8 in the morning. The Hayward's think he was partying at a house nearby.

They say the experience was enough to triple check their locks every night before bed.

Daniel Stanton was cited for unlawful entry and released.

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Polk Deputies: Intruder shot and killed

Polk County Deputies spent the early morning hours on the scene of a deadly home invasion in the Lakeland area.

Deputies tell us around 9 pm last night the person who lives in the home shot a man trying to get inside.

This happened at 534 Timberlane. The home is in a neighborhood just south of the E. Main Street and S. Combee Road Intersection.

When deputies got on the scene, they found the alleged intruder dead.

They plan to release more details on the investigation later this morning.

Home invasion leaves suspect dead

Police say a man trying to rob a Lakeland home was shot and killed by a resident.

James McArthur Johnson Junior, 31, died from a bullet wound. His alleged accomplice, 39-year-old Elvin Tolliver, escaped, but was later arrested.

"Both suspects had guns in their hands and were wearing masks - Jason type masks - with gloves," said Chief W.J. Martin, with Polk County Sheriff's Office.

"They forced themselves into the home and began to rob folks in the home. The homeowner fired a gun and killed one of the suspects, the other managed to get away," Martin said.

Investigators say when the two entered the home, they demanded jewelry and money. Several people were in the house at the time. As the suspects entered the bedroom, a man pulled a gun, fatally shooting Johnson.

"Obviously, the victims were in fear for their lives as they should have been and they did what they had to do to protect themselves," said Martin.

Police say the victims didn't know their attackers, although James Johnson did live right across the street. Neighbors describe him as a 'nice person', but Johnson did have a rap sheet, including charges for robbery and aggravated battery dating back to 2002.

Some residents expressed frustration that another murder had occurred in their neighborhood. About one year ago, a drive by shooting just two houses away claimed lives. Since then, police and homeowners say things had gotten better, until now.

"We've worked hard to clean this neighborhood up," said Tim Lauzon, who's lived in the neighborhood for six years. "And we still have a few we're trying to root out of here, and eventually they'll be gone."

Another neighbor, Glenn Martin, pointed out patched up bullet holes that riddle the outside of his home, scars from the drive-by shooting.

He didn't live there at the time, but Martin says he's heard the stories. Now, another murder next door is about as much as he can take.

"Scary, very scary," Martin said. "It's the only incident that's happened since I've been here and it's enough to make you want to leave."

Police arrested Elvin Tolliver late Saturday. He's a registered sex offender with warrants out for his arrest before the break-in.

Police: Defensive Shooting Justified

A man who shot an intruder in his home Friday will not be arrested, officials say.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office's decision not to arrest a Lakeland man who shot and killed a man who broke into his apartment Friday would have been the same without the state's 2-year-old so-called "Stand Your Ground" law.

James McArthur Johnson, 31, was killed after he and an accomplice showed up at a small party in Lakeland on Friday night.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Elizabeth Smokay said Johnson and Elvin J. Tolliver, 39, walked up to a party at 545 Timberlane W., Apt. B, on Friday shortly before 9 p.m. They brandished handgun-style BB guns at partygoers, demanding their money and jewelry.

One of the men pistol-whipped a guest, she said.

The burglary was foiled by the apartment's resident, James W. Miranda, who shot Johnson with a shotgun as he opened the door to come into a bedroom.

Chief W.J. Martin, who is in charge of the sheriff's Criminal Investigations Division, has said that his agency does not intend to pursue criminal charges against Miranda in the shooting.

Even before the "Stand Your Ground" law - which took effect in October 2005 and no longer requires a person who feels threatened to retreat before using deadly force - victims already were permitted to use deadly force to stop an attacker from committing a forcible felony.

Those include any "felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual," in this case, burglary of an occupied dwelling, which is one of the charges facing Tolliver, who surrendered to authorities Saturday night.

The new law states that a person is "presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm," and therefore can use deadly force, if the assailant had, among other things, "unlawfully and forcibly entered" a residence.

It also provides immunity from criminal and civil prosecution of the victim.

"These guys were armed and (Miranda's) life was threatened, and he was justified in shooting them," Martin said.

For his part, Miranda is keeping quiet. Attempts to interview him have been unsuccessful.

Ultimately, the final decision about whether or not to charge Miranda in the shooting lies with the State Attorney's Office.

Spokesman Chip Thullbery declined to comment on the case Monday, because detectives had not yet completed their investigation.

Once a report is submitted, prosecutors will review the case and will make their own determination about filing charges.

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Alleged Intruder Held At Gunpoint By Homeowner

A Depoe Bay homeowner took matters into his own hands Friday morning when he found an intruder in his house.

Lincoln County Sheriff''s deputies responded to a home on Breeze Street shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday after the homeowner called police to report that he was holding a suspected intruder at gunpoint.

The homeowner told police he saw the man trespassing in the back yard and that the man entered his home without permission. There were three people inside the home, one of which was a small child.

Authorities took 25-year-old Justin James of Portland into custody on charges of first- and second-degree criminal trespassing.

Stewart is being held in the Lincoln County Jail on $10,000 bail.

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Intruder Shot on Belden Avenue

One man is shot after an apparent home invasion on Belden Avenue.

Police say the intruder was shot by the home owner after trying to break in to the house.

The victim allegedly fled the scene.

There is no word on if police found the intruder or that person's condition.

Bloody fight in home involved ax and gun

A father credits his 13-year-old son with shooting an intruder with his own gun late Monday at a South Side home.

But the man who was shot, Dennis Pixley, 18, Woodcrest Avenue, told police he never had a gun.

Chief of Detectives Capt. Kenneth Centorame said about the only thing police know for certain is there was a violent struggle in the home.

He said police do think that the son of Forrest Adams, 38, 3411 Belden Ave., did fire the shot that wounded Pixley, but are waiting for the results of a gunshot residue test just to make sure.

Adams could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

About 12 hours after police responded, no one answered the door at the well-kept home, although there were several splotches of dried blood on the front porch and walk with broken pieces of a vase that also was covered in blood.

Adams told police Monday he and his son had returned to the home about 11 p.m. after an outing, and a man holding a gun came onto the front porch, demanded money and forced them inside.

He said he was able to ambush the gunman when he went into a closet to look for something. Adams grabbed for a gun, which went off while the two were struggling, police said.

Adams told police he also managed to dislodge the intruder’s bulletproof vest at some point in the struggle. Adams said the intruder fell down a flight of stairs and when he went into the kitchen, Adams grabbed the ax off a wall and the intruder grabbed a knife. Adams told officers he was stabbed in the chest, but continued swinging the ax, connecting with the intruder’s shoulder and chest, according to the police report.

The intruder grabbed a larger knife and stabbed Adams in the hand, leaving a gash, the report states.

As the two struggled over the ax, Adams said his son appeared with a pellet gun. Adams told police he was about to fall down the stairs and yelled at his son to get the intruder’s gun, which he did, firing a shot and wounding him. The pair continued struggling until the intruder ran out.

Centorame said that story differs substantially than the one Pixley gave to detectives Tuesday morning from his bed in St. Elizabeth Health Center.

Centorame said Pixley said he knows Adams and denied having a gun and a bulletproof vest.

‘‘The truth is probably somewhere in the middle,’’ Centorame said.

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An ax, gun and vest, part II: Suspect lied

The suspect, Derrick Harman, is a felon paroled seven months ago.

Forrest Adams said his blood-splattered kitchen "looked like a murder scene."

He pointed to blood on the stove and floor and a bullet lodged in a kitchen drawer that wasn't discovered until Wednesday. The bullet, fired by his son, 13-year-old Galen Hobdy, tore through an intruder around 11 p.m. Monday.

Adams, 38, gave a tour of his Belden Avenue home to a Vindicator reporter and photographer, pointing to blood smears and a broken glass coffee table. Family members are helping with the cleanup. The house has a fresh lemon smell from the scouring products.

He showed the basement where the intruder's bandanna still clings to a wall. A bulletproof vest that came off during their struggle and tumble down the basement steps was taken by police.

Adams sat on the porch Wednesday afternoon to talk about the ordeal that left him with knife wounds to his left hand and upper arm. It took 32 stitches to close the gaping wounds, and surgery will be needed for his hand. The cuts came from a kitchen knife the intruder snatched after dropping his gun.

"I took the buyout from GM and was going to truck driver school, but I can't drive," Adams said, holding up his injured hand. "I had only three weeks to go. They said I've got six months to finish."

He also has cuts on his knees and shins. He managed to slice the unwanted visitor with a heavy ceremonial ax that he grabbed from the living room wall. A second decorative — but lethal — ax remains on the wall. Police took the one used to cut the intruder.

False identity

Police said the man axed by Adams and shot by Galen during the home invasion was not 18-year-old Dennis Pixley, but Derrick Harman, a violent felon paroled from prison seven months ago. Harman, 28, who listed an Eastway Drive address, remained in critical condition at St. Elizabeth Health Center.

Police filed charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and two counts of felonious assault against him. He will be arraigned once released from the hospital.

Capt. Kenneth Centorame, chief of detectives, said Harman's girlfriend identified him, police compared photos and Harman himself admitted his true identity, saying he has used Pixley's name from time to time because Pixley has never been in trouble.

After seeing news reports, Pixley's mother alerted police, telling them her son's wallet was lost or stolen a year ago and she feared someone was using his identity.

Harman offered a variety of reasons for giving a false ID when confronted at the hospital, Centorame said. "He was scared, being on parole," the captain said.

Adams said his son, who lives in Akron with his mother, had been visiting for the summer but returned home until things quiet down. "He's fine, just worried about me," the father said.

Adams said he had the intruder in a headlock and moved a bit so that Galen could shoot the man. Galen fired once and then the gun jammed. The gun was Harman's, dropped during a struggle with Adams, police said.

Early on, Centorame said the case presented many inconsistencies, with Harman (then calling himself Pixley) saying he knew the homeowner on Belden and had been invited into the house. The investigation now holds up the homeowner's version of what happened, he said.

Surprised on the porch

Adams and Galen told police that a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and a bandanna to cover his face surprised them on the porch when they arrived home around 11 p.m. Monday and forced them to open the door. The intruder screamed that he wanted all their money and threatened them with the gun.

Adams and his son were told to strip to their underwear before being marched into the dining room and ordered to lie on the floor. When Adams told the intruder he had no money, the suspect, now identified as Harman, fired one round into the floor and then yelled: "Don't [expletive] with me — I will shoot your kid!"

Harman then ordered Adams and his son upstairs and into a bedroom. While they sat on the bed, the intruder rummaged through the room, finding nothing, reports show.

In the hallway, Harman opened a closet and, while searching inside, lowered his weapon. Adams grabbed the gun and yelled for his son to go downstairs as he slammed the suspect into the wall. During the struggle, Harman fired one shot before falling down the stairs, hitting his head on the bannister and dropping the gun.

Adams said he saw the intruder run to a waiting car that left skid marks as it sped off. Police said a woman dropped Harman off at the hospital.

In October 1998, Harman pleaded guilty in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to assault and three counts of aggravated robbery. Two of three firearm specifications were dismissed in a plea agreement, records show.

Harman was sentenced to three years in prison for the firearm specification and five years for the robbery convictions. He was incarcerated from Dec. 16, 1998, to Nov. 25, 2006, and then began five years' parole.

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Albuquerque police: Man shoots neighbor's intruder

A man coming to the aid of his West Side neighbor shot an intruder, even as the intruder beat him with a crowbar, Albuquerque police say.

Police said Gregory Lawrence Powers, 36, broke into the West Side yard around 10 p.m. May 26.

After a neighbor arrived with a gun, Powers attacked him with a crowbar, according to a Metro Court criminal complaint. Powers continued beating the Good Samaritan even after being shot three times, the complaint said.

Powers was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital and treated for gunshot wounds to the chest and groin. He was released into police custody Monday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Powers is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The neighbor was treated and released from UNMH.

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6 A 33-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage at 2:56 a.m. May 13 in the 13600 block of East Aviara Place. A resident told deputies he and his family were awakened by loud noises in the backyard. He said he and his son went outside and held the man at gunpoint until deputies arrived. Patio furniture was thrown around the yard. Several pieces of furniture were in the pool. A flower pot and a pool basketball hoop were shattered. A cell phone that did not belong to the residents was found at the bottom of the pool. The man was drunk and told deputies he thought he was at a different house. He also was arrested on suspicion of criminal trespassing and booked into the Pima County jail.

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Suspected intruder shot, killed at Hayes High School

An alleged intruder was shot and killed this morning during a struggle with a Birmingham City Schools security officer at Hayes High School.

Two school security officers were dispatched to the school at 3 a.m. after they were alerted to a break-in, said school system spokeswoman Regina Waller. When they arrived, they saw a man exiting the school through a window.

As one of the officers was trying to handcuff the man, the suspect turned and tried to attack him, Waller said. They fell to the ground in a struggle, and the security guard's gun discharged.

The intruder was taken to University Hospital, where he underwent surgery and died, Waller said.

Birmingham police evidence investigators remained on the scene at 10:30 a.m.

Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Jay Glass identified the dead man as 24-year-old Alfonzo Turner of Birmingham.

Waller said the school security officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation.

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Juvenile Shot During Alleged Break-In

A 16-year-old Jefferson boy is recovering from a gunshot wound after he was found in another man's home.

Just before 3:30 a.m., deputies were called to a home on High Street on reports of a robbery and shots fired.

Michael Vogler, 59, told the police that he had confronted a male in his house with a gun. At some point the male suspect assaulted Vogler and tried to get the gun away from him. During that struggle, one shot was fired. The juvenile ran into the garage of the home, dove head-first through a window and ran from the area on foot. Vogler had minor injuries to his head and neck as a result of the assault.

At about 6 a.m., Albany Hospital staff contacted the sheriff's office to report that the juvenile had come to the emergency room with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen and a cut on his elbow.

The juvenile was treated and released to his parents to recover from his injuries. The investigation is continuing and criminal charges for the juvenile will be forthcoming. The extent of those charges has yet to be determined.

Home intruder flees after being shot

16-year-old found at Albany hospital seeking treatment

The shooting occurred just before 3:30 a.m. when deputies were called to 470 High St. in Jefferson on a report of a robbery in which a gun was fired, Rau said.

The homeowner, Michael Vogler, 59, told deputies that he had confronted a male intruder in his house, Rau said. Vogler fired one shot during a struggle in which the intruder tried to get Vogler's gun.

After the shot was fired, the intruder ran into the garage of the home, dove head-first through a window and ran from the area, Rau said. Vogler suffered minor injuries to his head and neck during the struggle.

Vogler's wife, Trudy, was home at the time of the shooting but was not involved, Rau said.

About 6 a.m. Albany hospital staff contacted sheriff's officials to report that a juvenile had come to the emergency room with a gunshot wound and a laceration on his elbow.

This is not the first time that a homeowner has shot a teenage intruder in Marion County. Linn Stordahl of South Salem shot and killed Anthony Chance Choate, 16, in April 2003 when he found the Aumsville boy starting a fire in his garage. Choate, a suspected burglar, died from a gunshot wound to the neck.

A Marion County grand jury cleared Stordahl in the shooting.

Man recounts shooting teen intruder

Police identify male who tried to rob Jefferson home

Authorities have identified the suspect in a Saturday home invasion in Jefferson.

A homeowner shot a 16-year-old intruder early Saturday during a struggle inside the man's house, Marion County Sheriff's Sgt. David Cornforth said.

The Sheriff's Office has identified the youth, age 16, but the Statesman Journal is withholding his identity until he is indicted.

The youth is being held at Marion County's juvenile detention center on charges of first degree robbery, first degree criminal mischief, first degree burglary, second degree assault and third degree theft, Cornforth said.

It is the policy of the newspaper not to name juveniles who are arrested, even for so-called Measure 11 crimes, until they are indicted. Under Measure 11, youths younger than 18 will be treated as adults if indicted for certain crimes. First-degree burglary and robbery are two such crimes.

The suspect fled from the house after the shooting. He was located at Samaritan Albany General Hospital, where he sought treatment for a gunshot wound to his abdomen, Deputy Kevin Rau said. The suspect was taken into custody after receiving treatment.

The shooting occurred just before 3:30 a.m. when deputies were called to 470 High St. in Jefferson on a report of a robbery in which a gun was fired, Rau said.

The homeowner, Michael Vogler, 59, said his wife woke him up and told him someone was in the house. Vogler said he took his 0.357-caliber Magnum from a locked cabinet and moved quietly through the dark house.

"Being in a dark house, and you know somebody's there -- talk about being scared," Vogler said Sunday.

He said he heard noise in the laundry room between the kitchen and the garage, and crept toward the sound. Vogler said he kicked the laundry room door open and saw a shadowy figure charge him. He fired one shot during a struggle with the intruder.

"That was the first time I fired that gun in 25 years," he said.

The last time he shot the gun, he had been testing it after buying it.

After the shot was fired, the intruder ran into the garage of the home, dove head-first through a window and ran from the area, Rau said.

Vogler suffered minor injuries to his head and neck during the struggle.

About 6 a.m. Albany hospital staff contacted sheriff's officials to report that a juvenile had come to the emergency room with a gunshot wound and a laceration on his elbow.

Vogler said the incident cast a pall on his family's Easter celebration the next day. He also said he hadn't realized the intruder was so young.

"I don't feel good about it, but I didn't know if he was 11 or 90," Vogler said. "It was just a person in the shadow in the dark, and I was just trying to keep my composure and protect myself and my wife."

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Police: Man Shoots Intruder

Police said a man shot an intruder who kicked down his door.

Dallas police said an intruder tried to break into a unit at the Chenault Creek Apartments in the 2900 block of Dilido Road.

Police said the suspect was taken to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. The suspect’s condition is unknown.

Police: Man Fatally Shoots Intruder

Dallas police said a resident shot and killed someone who was trying to break into his apartment overnight Monday.

Emergency operators received the home invasion call at about 5 p.m. Monday to the Chenault Creek Apartments. A few minutes later, a second call notified officers of a shooting at the same address on the 2900 block of Dilido Road.

Officers said the burglar kicked in the door to the man's apartment and was confronted by someone inside. During the confrontation, the intruder was shot several times.

The shooting victim was transported to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas where he later died.

So far, police have not filed any charges with the resident in connection with the shooting.

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Man Shoots Intruder

A confrontation between a man in his home and an intruder ended badly Monday night -- for the intruder.

Joshua Nicholson, 26, 425 Sheppard Road in Avoca, was asleep when someone broke into his home through the back door, according to a Benton County Sheriff's Office news release.

Upon hearing a disturbance, Nicholson grabbed his gun, a .380-caliber pistol, and walked down the hallway. Nicholson saw a man entering the residence and fired one shot, believing he hit the man, according to police.

Also in the home at the time were Marty Martin, 31, Nicholson's roommate; Sarah Enkler, 25, and her two children. Enkler and her two children were staying at the residence to escape an abusive relationship with her husband, according to police.

Richard Deshields, 37, Enkler's husband, checked himself into a hospital in Joplin, Mo., suffering from a gunshot wound. Joplin Police Department officials contacted the Benton County Sheriff's Office.

Officials with the Sheriff's Office have requested the Joplin Police Department arrest Deshields in connection with a felony charge of residential burglary and a misdemeanor charge of first-degree criminal mischief. Deshields will be transported to Benton County as soon as his condition allows, the release states.

There are currently no charges pending for Nicholson.

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Man having coffee on porch shoots intruder

A man having his morning cup of coffee on the back porch pulled a handgun and shot an intruder Friday, Miami police said.

The incident happened at 8:48 a.m. in the 1100 block of Northwest 37th Street. John James was relaxing when, he told police, a man broke into the fenced yard and threatened to assault him and break into the home.

James grabbed the .22 Magnum and opened fire, striking the intruder multiple times.

''I guess he was trying to get what he wanted to get,'' said the shooter's brother, John Lee James. ``And he got more than that. He got a bullet in the ass.''

The intruder, described as heavyset by neighbors, was taken to the hospital. His condition was not immediately known.

Police were talking to the shooter about what happened. His brother John Lee, with whom he lives, rushed home from work when he learned of the incident.

''I'm just happy my brother is safe and nothing more serious happened,'' John Lee James said.

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Hall man shoots, kills home intruder

A South Hall homeowner shot and killed a man who attempted to break into his home late last Sunday night.

The incident occurred on the 4000 block of Winder Highway.

The homeowner, who has been reported to be Doug Magnus, a businessman in South Hall, killed 37-year-old Robbie Bailey, who was disguised, armed and attempting to enter the house.

Magnus and his wife had heard a noise in the house shortly after midnight, whereupon Mr. Magnus grabbed a pistol and approached the sound.

A Hall County Sheriff’s Office press release states that Magnus was confronted at the door by Bailey, who was wearing a ski mask and brandishing a pistol.

Bailey fired several shots toward Magnus but missed. Magnus then fired his small-caliber pistol at Bailey and hit him in the head, killing him.

Magnus was not injured during the incident.

The HCSO statement reports that Bailey had no identification on him at the time of his death. Finger-print data revealed his identity.

Bailey had parked his red Jeep Cherokee in a nearby field, about a quarter-mile from the Magnus home and walked the rest of the way.

HCSO Major Jeff Strickland says that home invasions usually do not occur while residents are at home.

“Normally the home invasions occur after the intruder has made sure no one is there,” Strickland said.

The district attorney in Hall County has said he will not charge Magnus in the incident, seeing as how the homicide was in self-defense.

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Would-be robber loses pants at gunpoint

A would-be thief found himself foiled, under gunfire -- and without pants.

Police said a homeowner discovered an intruder one night last week. The homeowner pulled a gun, fired what police described as warning shots, and told the intruder to shed his pants and shoes.

The two scuffled and burglar ran from the home, barefoot and pantless.

"I believe his thinking was that by taking away the suspect's pants, it would slow him down or prevent him from trying to get away, or make it easier for us to find him if he did get away," New Hampshire State Police Sgt. Christopher Aucoin said.

The homeowner called police, who swarmed the area with search dogs. Police are still looking for the man, and it's not clear if anything was stolen.

The homeowner wasn't hurt.

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Police: Local man shot by homeowner

ALLEGED BREAK-IN

A homeowner shot an intruder early Sunday, police said.

Will County Sheriff's spokesman Pat Barry said deputies were called just after 3 a.m. to a break-in to a house in the 18000 block of Manhattan Road.

"Deputies arrived and learned a woman had fallen asleep in the living room and was woken up after hearing noises and seeing a figure near the entryway of the living room," Barry said.

The woman woke her husband, who went to the front door and told deputies he saw an SUV he didn't recognize parked in the driveway.

The vehicle started up and drove away and the man reportedly retrieved a handgun from an upstairs bedroom and began to search the house.

"He went out to an attached garage and saw the service door was open," Barry said. "He went out into the yard and came around the corner to see a man wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans crouched against the wall. He was so startled (at seeing someone) that the gun went off."

The man allegedly ran after the shot was fired, and the homeowner said he saw him get into an SUV parked on Manhattan Road. The man told investigators he did not see the intruder's face before he ran away and did not see if the shot he had fired hit the suspect.

Barry said nothing was reported missing from the house. The couple and their teenage daughter, who had been sleeping upstairs, were unharmed.

The homeowner has a valid firearm owner's identification card.

Barry said detectives saw mud had been tracked into the house from the garage area and there were signs someone had been walking around outside the home.

Police asked other local agencies to report any gunshot wounds. The Manhattan Fire Department called them a short time later.

Paramedics had been dispatched to 18427 Breen Road in Elwood to treat a man with a bullet wound to his left shoulder.

The gunshot victim, who lives at that address, 19-year-old Neil Severson, told investigators he had been shot while in Preston Heights that evening, but would not elaborate.

Severson was taken to Silver Cross Hospital where he was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.

Barry said police are confident ballistic tests will show Severson was shot while trespassing at the house on Manhattan Road.

"Detectives told the family about Severson," Barry said. "They are familiar with him, but he did not have permission to be on the property."

Barry said the case will be presented to the state's attorney's office later this week and likely will result in charges against Severson.

"At this time, all indications are that the homeowner did not do anything illegal," Barry said.

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Homeowner fatally shoots intruder in Federal Way

A homeowner who was roused from sleep by an intruder armed himself with a shotgun, confronted the 31-year-old Federal Way man who had broken into his house and killed him, according to Federal Way police.

Around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, a man called 911 to report that he had just shot an intruder, said police spokeswoman Stacy Flores.

Detectives went to the house in the 30600 block of 4th Place South, where they interviewed the homeowner and found signs of a break-in, she said.

The King County Medical Examiner's Office today identified Justin Herycyk as the man who died from a shotgun wound to the torso. His death was ruled a homicide.

Flores did not know whether Herycyk was armed when he broke into the man's house.

The case is still under investigation, she said, adding that the homeowner has not been arrested.

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Police: Norman Man Shoots, Kills Intruder

Norman police said a man was shot and killed Thursday after breaking into a northeast Norman home.

Responding to a 911 call from the resident, police said they found the body of Keith Dewayne Robinson, 23, in the home about 11:45 p.m.

Capt. J.D. Younger said the resident told officers he returned home from work about 11:30 p.m. and found Robinson inside.

The man told detectives he fought with Robinson and then shot him.

The man's name hasn't been released, and Younger said detectives are still investigating the shooting.

Resident shoots late-night intruder

A man who police say broke into a northeast Norman home was shot to death by the resident late Thursday.

Keith Dewayne Robinson, 23, was pronounced dead at the home on Princeton Circle shortly before midnight. Police said the home’s occupant, Ernest Bernal, 49, arrived at home about 11:30 p.m. Police said Bernal discovered Robinson inside the home.

“A confrontation between the resident and the intruder ensued in which the resident shot the intruder,” according to a police press release.

Norman police received the call about 11:40 p.m.

The shooting death is under investigation by Norman police department’s criminal investigation’s division.

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1 Shot To Death At South KC Home

A man was shot to death Monday evening in south Kansas City, officials said.

Police were called to a home at East 118th Place and Food Lane shortly before 5 p.m. When officers arrived, the homeowner told police he had shot and killed an intruder. The homeowner said he didn't know the man.

The homeowner was taken in for questioning, which is routine in a shooting investigation.

No names were released.

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East-Side Homeowner Fires At Intruder

No One Injured

An east-side homeowner is keeping his rifle handy to scare away a persistent robber, KMBC's Jim Flink reported Thursday.

The 68-year-old veteran, who didn't want to be identified, said he was watching TV before going to bed when he heard an intruder and grabbed his rifle.

"I heard the glass break and I looked around, and I see an arm coming through the window and I fired," the homeowner said .

He said he fired one shot, but he didn't injure the intruder.

"If I had taken the time to really draw a bead on him, I could have hit him, but I just looked in that direction and fired," he said.

He said he regrets the act of violence, but this is the third time someone has broken into his home.

"I would hate to kill anyone's son, but you've got to think if someone is willing to break into your home in the middle of the night, for whatever reason, you have to expect them to have a weapon," the homeowner said. "I hope I frightened him enough to where he won't come back here anymore."

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Woman kills intruder at a southwest Houston home

A woman fatally shot a man around 7:30 p.m. Thursday in southwest Houston after she felt "forced to use deadly force to protect herself and her children," Houston Police Sgt. Mark Newcomb said.

The man entered the woman's apartment at 10211 Sugarbranch at the Forum Park Three Townhomes where he was shot once, fled the apartment, and collapsed and died nearby.

Two witnesses, one of whom is a security guard at the complex, will be charged with possession. The woman also was in possession of narcotics at the time of the incident and was an acquaintance of the victim, Newcomb said. The woman's children are in the care of relatives.

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Gunfire follows house blaze

Iraq veteran says he found intruder at site a day later

A two-alarm fire damaged a Salem home Tuesday night, displacing the family of a National Guard sergeant who told police that he exchanged gunshots with an intruder inside his house the morning after the blaze.

Brian Mumey, who was not home when the fire broke out, told police that he returned to his house at 225 Stark St. N after the blaze to check his damaged possessions and saw an unidentified man inside his bedroom Wednesday morning.

Mumey, 43, said the intruder, described as a white male in his 50s, fired a shot at him, prompting him to fire five to six rounds back. After another exchange of gunfire, the unidentified man reportedly fled.

Mumey called 911 to report seeing a man inside his home. His house no longer had a front door because of the fire.

"I saw a light and I thought, 'Great, my house is burnt, and now I'm getting robbed,'" he said.

Salem police did not find any evidence of a suspect inside Mumey's home or any shell casings from a second weapon, said Sgt. Kevin Halvorsen. They did find evidence of gunshots from Mumey's firearm, which he has a permit to carry.

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Home Invasion Ends In Deadly Shooting

A well-known business owner in Tyler has his home broken into, and ends up shooting the alleged would-be burglar to death. The shooting happened early Saturday morning in a neighborhood police say does not see a lot of criminal activity.

Police responded to a house on the 900 block of Watkins Street in Tyler around 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning, after they received a call that a man had been shot.

Tyler police say the owners of the home in South Tyler were asleep when a man tried to break into their home. "They were woken by hearing something beating on the front door, and then the door was actually caved in as the person was making entry," said Tyler Police Department Sergeant Bill Goecking.

Police say the homeowner, Robert Delk, grabbed his handgun for protection. When the alleged intruder got the door open, police say the homeowner shot and killed the man. "We arrived and the subject was taken to medical center hospital and pronounced dead at the hospital," said Goecking.

Police identified the alleged intruder as Justin Herrera, 22, of Tyler. Police say Herrera just recently moved to East Texas from Fort Worth and is a student at UT Tyler. According to authorities, records in Tarrant County show officials there have dealt with Herrera, but the details are unknown.

Police sayDelk did not know Herrera. Delk is well known in the Tyler community for his photography business located in South Tyler. Police say they don't often get called out to Delk's neighborhood.

"The neighborhood's been pretty calm," said Goecking. "This is a very unusual thing for this neighborhood, especially the 900 block of Watkins."

The big questions that remain are why Herrara chose Delk's home and what was he going to do once he got inside.

Police say an autopsy will be performed on Herrera to see if drugs or alcohol were a factor. At this time, police say no charges will be filed against Delk, but it is still an ongoing investigation.

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Deputies say a teen was caught breaking into a house Wednesday, but he wasn't trying to take anything. Instead, deputies say he was breaking into the home to watch porn on TV.

When the Brito family opened up their most recent DirecTV bill, their jaws dropped. What is usually a $60 invoice ended up being closer to $300 and said they had ordered films such as Girls Gone Wild and other pornography.

So, the family asked their neighbors to watch the home when they were gone in an attempt to figure out what was happening. What they found was hard to believe.

"We realized when we got the DirecTV bill. That's when we started thinking something was up," said Jasmine Brito. "They tell you, 'You know you're being charged and that person agreed to it.'"

The Brito's then resorted to asking their neighbors for help. They asked them to watch the house while they were gone during the day. Peggy Lalor did just that.

"I peeked through the window and I saw this guy ducked down running across the hall," said Lalor.

Seeing a threat, Lalor took drastic action.

"I went in, got my shotgun and I told him if he didn't come out, I was going to blast him through the window," said Lalor.

She fired one shot in the air and 16-year-old Readchy Pellaire surrendered.

Deputies say the high school senior skipped classes, broke into the home, ordered porn in the bedroom of the home, and watched TV while sitting on the bed of one of the Brito children.

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High Point homeowner shoots intruder

A 40-year-old intruder was shot in the chest by a homeowner Thursday night, police reported today.

Residents of 306 Cedar St. told High Point police they were inside when they heard a loud noise in the front.

When they went to investigate, they found that the front door had been forced open and there was an intruder in their house, police said in a press release.

Terry Zimmerman, of 515 Hill St. in High Point, was walking into the residence when the homeowners confronted him in the front hallway, police said.

The homeowner, whom police did not identify, shot Zimmerman once in the chest.

He then called 911 and reported what happened.

Zimmerman was taken to High Point Regional Hospital before being transferred to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

Zimmerman was listed in critical condition as of Friday morning, according to police.

No charges have been filed, police said.

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Police identify man shot during break-in

Southeast Portland - The suspect dies after being shot by an apartment tenant

Portland police identified a man who was shot and died after he broke into a Southeast Portland apartment Saturday night as 39-year-old Galen Patrick Sloan.

Sloan, who had a lengthy criminal record, was shot by a tenant inside the apartment as he and a companion broke in, said Officer Catherine Kent, a Portland Police Bureau spokeswoman. The three knew one another and had had a previous altercation.

A person inside the apartment called to report the shooting in the 9100 block of Southeast Crystal Springs Boulevard just before 9 p.m. Saturday, and police arrived minutes later, Kent said.

They found Sloan wounded, and transported him to Oregon Health & Science University, where he later died. An autopsy Sunday concluded that Sloan died of two gunshot wounds to the torso.

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Homeowner justified in shooting intruder, DA says

Man to face misdemeanor charge, though

A Fort Collins homeowner who shot a man on a stoop outside a side door was justified in doing so, the District Attorney's office decided Wednesday, but the homeowner still will face a misdemeanor charge related to the incident.

Steven Ray, 58, faces one count of prohibited use of a weapon stemming from the early-morning shooting that occurred Aug. 28 outside his home in the 300 block of High Pointe Drive, according to a news release issued by District Attorney Larry Abrahamson.

Ray said barking dogs woke him around 1:30 a.m. and he noticed someone in the backyard when he looked outside.

The power was out because of an unrelated outage, and when David Ebner refused to identify himself when asked by Ray, the statement said, Ray retrieved a .45 caliber handgun from his basement.

According to the statement, Ebner was reaching for a door handle when Ray returned, a struggle ensued and Ray fired three times. One shot struck Ebner's cell phone and another struck the back of the shoulder, according to the statement; that shot exited through Ebner's chest.

The third shot, Abrahamson said in the release, was an un-aimed shot fired several seconds later and Ray had no idea as to where the bullet was going. This shot, Abrahamson said in the statement, placed all those within range at risk and warranted the misdemeanor charge.

Ray's attorney, Patrick Renworth, said he and Ray were relieved more serious charges were not pressed, but Renworth added he disagrees with the misdemeanor charge.

Ray did not feel out of danger when Ebner was retreating, Renworth said, and was worried he could be circling around the house.

Stephen Cook, Ebner's attorney, said he and his client both thought the prosecution decision to not charge the felonies recommended by Fort Collins police a "shocking disbelief."

Abrahamson said the office did not feel it could prove that Ray's actions were unreasonable if charges had been filed relating to the first two shots.

Ebner will not face charges, according to the statement, because his blood alcohol levels were very high and justice would not be served by prosecuting him.

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McMinn County Shooting

The McMinn County Sheriff's Department investigates a weekend shooting.

Detectives say Susan Miller was shot in her left shoulder at a trailer off of County Road 609.

The homeowner told authorities he shot in self defense when Miller attempted to break-in through a window.

After looking into the situation, detectives discovered that Miller filed a false report with Athens police.

The investigation is on-going and charges against Miller are pending.

Miller was treated and released from the hospital.

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Orange County Homeowner Shoots Intruder

Orange County investigators will sort out the details involving a fatal weekend shooting.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office said a homeowner shot and killed an intruder on Cedar Valley Road near Hillsborough shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday.

Authorities said the shooting happened after the homeowner returned to his house and found intruders inside.

According to investigators, the homeowner got a gun and a fight broke out. Authorities said one of the intruders was shot to death.

Shooting victim was intruder, sheriff's office says

One of two alleged home intruders was shot dead Sunday evening by a resident of the house, and a second was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Ken Powell and Greg Freshour broke into the home of Danny Jones Jr. at 5666 Cedar Valley Road, while Jones was working on a boat at a neighbor’s house, according to a Sheriff's Office release.

Jones, 18, went home after hearing a crash at his house, according to the release. Powell was holding a crowbar and approached Jones, who ran to his truck and got a pistol, the release said.

Powell grabbed Jones by the legs, and both men fell to the ground. Jones shot Powell in the upper torso, and the man fell on top of Jones, according to the release. By the time Jones got Powell off of him, he saw the other man drive away.

Greg Freshour, 24, of 720 Brice Court, Cedar Grove, later stopped at a local convenience store and told the people at the store what happened. Freshour was later arrested and charged with breaking and entering.

Freshour’s bail was set at $25,000, and officers continue to investigate, according to the release.

Teen shoots, kills intruder after struggle

Authorities will not file charges against an 18-year-old Orange County man who shot and killed an intruder at his home in the northern part of the county Sunday evening after the intruder chased the teen out of the house and began fighting with him.
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The investigation is continuing, and if investigators find evidence that brings into question Jones' version of what happened, charges could be filed against him, Woodall said. However, Freshour's version of what happened also appears to corroborate what Jones told deputies.

Investigators also told Woodall that evidence at the scene matched Jones' description of what happened.

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Police log

A 24-year-old Saginaw man shot outside a West Side home this week will face a court date and possibly time behind bars once he emerges from the Intensive Care Unit at Covenant Medical Center.

The man suffered at least one gunshot wound on the porch of a home on Throop near North Bond in Saginaw about 12:40 a.m. Friday, Police Chief Gerald H. Cliff said.

Officials at Covenant said they could not release information about the victim's condition, but Cliff said he "will survive" the shooting.

Detectives determined the shooter, whom they declined to identify, acted in self-defense, Cliff said.

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A man shot and killed an intruder who was breaking into his parents' townhouse in Oakland Park, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

The intruder has not been identified, but is believed to be a teenager.

Richard McKinley, 27, was sleeping in his parents townhouse at 3259 NW 44th St. around 11:54 a.m. when he was awakened by a noise, according to BSO.

McKinley noticed that an intruder was in the house, and shot him.

Deputies are investigating, and have set up a perimeter search for two possible accomplices to the home invasion.

Less than two hours after the shooting, Paul and Victoria McKinley returned to their pink townhouse in the Montage by the Lake complex to find swarms of police and TV reporters.

The couple said their son was ``doing fine.''

Family members of the dead intruder were also at the scene.

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Man shot, killed during home invasion

Police say a man in his early 20s was shot once in the chest and killed Tuesday night after he allegedly broke into a home in the 1800 block of North Church Street.

The man was taken to a Rockford hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Witnesses reported hearing three shots before squad cars descended on the neighborhood around 10 p.m. The shooting took place at 9:51 p.m., police said.

Several people were taken into custody, apparent witnesses to the crime, officers at the scene said. Police had not yet decided whether charges will be filed in the case.

No other injuries were reported.

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East Side resident kills home intruder

A man was shot and killed Thursday after an East Side homeowner awoke to noise by his front door and found the man inside his house, opening the door for another person, police said.

The homeowner had just hours earlier returned to his house on the 800 block of North Pine Street after a trip to the Hill Country.

His house had been burglarized earlier that day, Sgt. Dave Berrigan said. He was with his wife in their bedroom, their 1-year-old son in another room, when around 10:30 p.m. he heard a scuffle and grabbed the shotgun lying next to his bed, Berrigan said.

The homeowner saw the man in his hallway and shot at him twice.

The man ran outside and collapsed a few houses down. He was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center, where he later died.

Police detained several people, including some witnesses and two men who may have been involved in the burglary attempt.

The homeowner will likely not face charges, Berrigan said, adding, "He was protecting his property and his family. What are you going to do?"

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Intruder shot with own handgun

An apparent burglary attempt at an east Fort Worth apartment turned violent Monday when a man who lives in the apartment shot at the intruder as many as nine times with the intruder's gun, police said.

Despite being shot, the intruder walked out and either drove away or was driven away by an accomplice, said Fort Worth Police Lt. Gene Jones.

Jones said a man with gunshot wounds checked into Harris Methodist Fort Worth hospital later that afternoon, but police had not said late Monday whether he is a suspect.

A Harris spokeswoman declined to confirm that a gunshot victim had checked into the hospital Monday without knowing the patient's name.

The 37-year-old apartment resident, whom police described as being justified in using deadly force to protect his home, was not harmed.

Jones said the resident, who has not been identified, heard someone open the back patio door of his first-floor apartment, in the 3800 block of Great Oak Road south of Euless, around 3:30 p.m. When he went to investigate, he saw a 9 mm handgun on the sofa. Concerned, he picked up the gun and began to walk through the apartment when he came face to face with a man in a back bedroom, Jones said.

Jones said the resident told police that the intruder appeared to reach for a gun, so he fired nine shots at him. Jones said the resident then ran to another room and called 911, Jones said. As he was calling, Jones said, the injured man called out for help. When the resident walked out of the room, however, the intruder was gone.

When police arrived, they followed a blood trail that ended in the parking lot, which is why they believe the injured man drove away.

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LYMAN, S.C. -- A Lyman homeowner shot and killed two people he said were breaking into his house early Wednesday morning, investigators said.The shooting happened on Lawrence street at about 2:45 a.m.According to Spartanburg County Dispatchers, a man called to report that three people were trying to break into his home and that he had shot them.

At least one of the intruders was dead, the man said.When investigators arrived at the home, the man said that he had heard intruders and fired his shotgun when they opened his bedroom door.The coroner was called to the home at about 3 a.m. One of the people who was shot was found dead and the other was taken to Spartanburg Regional Hospital, where he died.Mike Shaw with Spartanburg County Coroner's office said that Marshall LeShawn Anderson, 28, and Travis Earl Anderson, 22, were killed.A third intruder was not shot and was arrested, investigators said.

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Burglar flees Blanchard house after being shot at

State police report an unknown person broke into the William D. Glossner residence, along Main Street, 7 p.m on Thursday, while Glossner was home.

The person fled the scene after Glossner shot at him, police said.

The unknown person is described as a teenage white male with a thin build.

Police said there is a possible reward for anyone assisting with an arrest.

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Resident takes action

Home invaders are shot at during broad daylight

With no phone available, a Harrah resident shot at two home invaders Sunday afternoon, according to the Harrah Police Department.

Police Chief Eddie Holland told The Sun that the homeowner, who lived near the intersection of N.E. 23rd Street and Peebly Road, hadn’t been able to contact them until at least 30 minutes after the incident because he lacked a phone. Harrah police used a canine unit to track the scent of the two men to car tracks leaving the wooded west end of a ballfield across the street.

According to the resident, who declined to be named, two black men — a shorter one with Bermuda shorts and a football jersey and a medium-sized one with longer hair — pulled up into the driveway at approximately 10 a.m. and knocked on the door and rang the doorbell. The homeowner didn’t answer after seeing the two look in through the blinds of the front window. The two men left and later returned and at one point kicked the back garage door and cut open the kitchen screen window.

“I’m watching him from one set of blinds as he peers in another,” the resident said.

Though the license plate of the vehicle was covered, the homeowner believes, the car was conspicuous, a newer model dark-colored Chrysler 300 with dark-tinted windows.

The homeowner said that if one of the men had actually entered the house, he would have shot them with the pistol he owns. Instead, after they pulled into the ballfield and headed for his house one last time, he came outside and fired one shot into the air and one into the ground, he said.

“They couldn’t have gotten more than $50 a piece from robbing my home,” he said. “It’s not enough to risk your life for.”

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An intruder was shot and killed Saturday night by a Navy Point resident, Escambia sheriff’s office said Monday morning.

The Sheriff’s office is not releasing the names of the intruder nor resident at this time, said Sgt. Mike Ward.

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Intruder shot by homeowner

An intruder was shot in the leg last night in Lincoln-Lemington when the homeowner caught the young man inside his home.

The intruder, identified as a juvenile, attempted to enter a home in the 1400 block of Paulson Avenue. Police believe the intruder was armed, but a weapon was not recovered from the home last night.

The young man was taken to Children's Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

Police said it was unlikely the homeowner would be charged.

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Quick-thinking bystanders aid in two arrests

Citizens helped sheriff's deputies thwart a home burglary and a carjacking in a McDonald's restaurant parking lot, putting two men behind bars, deputies said.

One man had kicked in a door in the 1100 block of East Avenue K just after noon Thursday while a companion waited as a lookout near the getaway car, but was chased away by the resident with a gun, deputies said.

While the lookout sped away in the getaway car, the burglar ran through a nearby apartment complex and across the street to a McDonald's.

There, the man ordered two patrons out of their car, telling them he had a gun and holding his hand under his shirt to simulate a hidden weapon, deputies said.

Two suspects were arrested within 90 minutes, deputies said.
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Deputies said the burglar kicked in the front door of the home after ringing the doorbell several times and getting no answer. The resident armed himself with a handgun and confronted the intruder, ordering him out of the home. The intruder ran, deputies said.

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AURORA, Colo. -- A homeowner shot and killed a man who he said tried to force his way into the home Tuesday morning.

It happened in the 1700 block Fulton at about 8:27 a.m.

"The intruder used a window that was partially opened with an air conditioning unit to gain entry into the home and climbed inside," said Detective Bob Friel. "At that point he was confronted by the homeowner and the intruder was shot one time with a shotgun."

According to Friel, the intruder pushed out the air conditioner to gain just before he was shot.

Police said the man was rushed to the hospital but died from his wounds. They also said the homeowner had been burglarized in the past.

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Man shoots burglary suspect

Couple thought they heard a shot and responded

Sandra Wilson said she and her husband thought a would-be burglar shot at them last Saturday night.

But what they actually heard, said Tulare County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Douglass, was the sound of someone out front shattering the glass of their double-paned living room window.

\Inside the house, the sound of a brick from the Wilsons' front garden crashing through the glass "sounded like a shotgun blast," which made the couple think somebody was shooting at them, she said.

So Wilson's husband, John, a hunter who had armed himself with a rifle to investigate what sounded like a break-in, fired back, she said. Sheriff's officials said at least one of those shots hit one of the suspects, a woman.

On Monday, three holes from those shots remained in the front window panes that hadn't been shattered by the brick.

Wilson said she and her husband thought their lives were in danger before her husband fired.

Douglass said Sheriff's investigators believe the couple reasonably thought somebody had fired a gun at their home.

When she and her husband went outside, Sandra Wilson said, they found a wounded woman covered with broken glass lying in the flower bed under the window. They heard a car speed away from their rural neighborhood on Avenue 266, south of Visalia.

Sheriff's officials would not say how badly wounded the woman, considered a suspect in the case, was. She was taken to University Medical Center in Fresno and may be arrested after she is released, Douglass said.

Because she wasn't in custody, the Sheriff's Department would not disclose her name Monday.

On the other hand, deputies did disclose the name of Nathan Michael Dean, 32, of Visalia, whom Sheriff's detectives identified as a second suspect in the case and arrested Sunday on suspicion of burglary of an inhabited dwelling and assault with a deadly weapon.

He was being held Monday in the Tulare County Main Jail on $35,000 bail.

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Men shot, perhaps in break-in attempt

Ross County deputies are investigating the shootings of two men yesterday morning in an apparent home invasion.

Deputies got a call between 1:30 and 2 a.m. from a man at 4999 Black Run Rd., reporting that people were trying to break into the house, Sheriff Ron Nichols said.

The man, whose identity could not be confirmed yesterday, asked police to respond and said that he thought he shot one of the intruders, Nichols said.

The reported intruders left the house, located about 10 miles southwest of Chillicothe and just north of Knockemstiff, before authorities arrived, Nichols said.

A short time later, a Chillicothe police officer pulled over a vehicle and found Jason Van-Hooser and Wayne Detty, both of Chillicothe, inside.

VanHooser, 31, was shot in the head and arm. He was taken to Adena Regional Medical Center, then flown to Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Nichols said.

A hospital spokeswoman said she was not allowed to release his condition.

Detty, 29, was treated for a gunshot wound to the upper arm and released. He did not return a phone call yesterday.

Phone numbers for the Black Run Road residence and Van-Hooser were disconnected.

Authorities are interviewing witnesses and have made no arrests, Nichols said. The investigation will be forwarded to the Ross County prosecutor’s office for review.

No charges filed in invasion, shooting

Charges have not been filed in the home invasion where a Chillicothe man was shot.

However, investigators are waiting to see if Jason Vanhooser dies before making a ruling on the case.

"There has been no charges filed so the clock is not running," Nichols said to explain why investigators are waiting. "We have seven years to file a felony charge."

The case, originally reported as a possible intrusion at the residence of Dan Steele, 4999 Black Run Road, may not turn out to be one, Nichols added.

"We are looking at a felony charge, possibly felonious assault from this case," he said. "We know what we were told and it could still be a home invasion is they tried to break in even if they are trying to cover up something else."

Vanhooser was shot in the head and taken by helicopter to a Columbus hospital, where he is in serious condition. Nichols said because of his injuries he will never be the same again. A second man, Wayne Detty, was treated and released from the emergency room at Adena Regional Medical Center.

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Homeowner Shoots, Kills Intruder

Police Looking For 2 Other Men

A homeowner fatally wounded a man who tried to break into a home early Monday on the far North Side.

Police said they received a call at 2:30 a.m. for a robbery in progress at a home in the 2500 block of Summit Creek.

When police arrived, they found a man lying in the street about a block from where the call was received.

The homeowner told police that two pickup trucks carrying three men pulled up to his home, and the trio immediately tried to kick in the front door to his home.

From a second-floor landing, the homeowner fired eight shots down the stairs.

Police said the suspected intruder who died ran at least one block before collapsing on Summit Crest and Summit Creek.

There was a manhunt for the two other men, who may have also been wounded, police said.

The homeowner is not expected to be charged because he was in fear of his life and was defending himself and his home, police said.

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Senior with pacemaker fights off intruders

Fight, die or give in.

Faced with those choices, a 61-year-old West Bloomfield man parried away a shotgun barrel as it fired, forcing a buckshot load of lead over his shoulder. The township man then drew his own handgun and shot an intruder inside his garage in the 4800 block of Trailview at 3 a.m. July 4.

"I love this guy," said West Bloomfield Lt. Tim Diamond. "He made a move on the gun with his arm in a sling. That's a guy with cojones."

The resident's arm was in a sling because a pacemaker was installed in his chest the week before. Despite all that, his bullet struck the intruder. But the resident, who owns a bar in Detroit, soon found out there were actually three would-be robbers waiting for him when he returned home from work. A struggle ensued with the resident trying to fend off two of the intruders. The suspects eventually got control of both the handgun and the shotgun.

"It was a calamity of errors," said Diamond. "There could have been two people killed."

Shot and bleeding profusely, one suspect needed medical attention fast so all three fled taking the guns with them.

Two men dropped off a man with a bullet wound at the emergency room of Providence Hospital in Southfield later that morning.

Coincidentally, a West Bloomfield police officer was sitting in the same emergency room. The attempted robbery victim complained of chest pains and also suffered a cut finger so police took him to Providence. The resident identified a man walking into the emergency room as the same person who tried to rob him a short time before.

Police weren't able to question the suspect as medical staff whisked him off for several hours of emergency surgery. His family hired an attorney by the time the anesthesia wore off and police didn't interview him that day.

Police later identified additional suspects through hospital videotapes and telephone records.

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Police: Retired Philadelphia Cop Shoots Intruder

A retired Philadelphia Police Officer opened fire on an intruder late Thursday afternoon in Northeast Philadelphia.

Police say the retired cop was checking on a friend’s house in the 10000 block of Bustleton Avenue when he encountered an intruder.

After an escape attempt failed, police say Joseph Malone, 24, allegedly lunged at the officer who shot him once in the shoulder.

Malone, the stepson of the homeowner, was taken to Frankford-Torresdale Hospital where he was treated and released into police custody.

Police say Malone was inside the house illegally and faces charges.

The officer was not injured.

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Homeowner fights off intruders with gun

Home invasion suspects this morning exchanged shots with a Southwest Side homeowner awakened by the sound of someone trying to break into his home, the Sheriff's Department said.

The home owner was not wounded and it could not be determined if either of two suspects were hit, said Tony Portrey, a sheriff's dispatch supervisor.

It could not be learned early this morning if the home invasion is thought related to six others committed during an eight hour period from Sunday to Monday morning in the metro area.

One man was killed at his home on South Beardslee Drive in those home invastions, three men were arrested and law officers said they still were searching for two other young men in the cases.

In today's home invasion, on South Sparrow Avenue, near West Los Reales Road and South Camino de Oeste, the homeowner, whose name was not released this morning, was awakened about 3:20 a.m. by the sound of someone trying to break in through a wrought iron security door with a crow bar, Portrey quoted deputies as saying in an initial report.

The homeowner yelled, "freeze," and got a pistol.

Looking out of his house he spotted two vehicles, a car and a pickup, on a dirt road near his property. One was described only as a white sedan, possibly a Nissan or Honda Accord, and a dark-colored Chevrolet pickup.

Both vehicles started to leave, then stopped and the homeowner heard gunshots coming from the vehicles, Portrey said.

The home owner fired three shots and the suspects, described only as two men ages 18 to 20.

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Walter Gunnell told police he was in bed at his home on Greenwood Terrace on Monday about 11:35 a.m. when he heard a noise, a report said.

He discovered a man in his home and fired at him three times, the report said.

Two men fled the home, a witness told police, according to the report.

Lt. Carl Fletcher said it's not clear if Gunnell hit one of the men, and police haven't discovered anyone seeking treatment for a gunshot wound at a local hospital.

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In East St. Louis, golden years are lit by flashes of gunfire

After her 87-year-old next-door neighbor fatally shot a burglar trying to come through the front door, Eleanor Anderson - herself an older adult living alone - began sleeping with two items under her pillow: a cell phone and a gun.

The grandmother was intent on defending herself in a neighborhood that has changed drastically since she was a young girl. Anderson's small, light-green childhood home is protected by security bars and an alarm system. She also has her gun. And when Anderson, 61, heard gunshots one recent night, she was ready. She called police and waited with her snubnose .38.

"Us being seniors, criminals don't think we'd do anything," Anderson said, looking over her gold reading glasses and standing in a room filled with pictures of her four granddaughters. "We don't play anymore. We won't take this lying down."

There is something jarring about the image of a gray-haired grandma (or grandpa) packing a pistol. And there is something laudable in the image of an old-timer turning the tables on a criminal.

(Much more--an article very sympathetic to personal self-defense)

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Police: Homeowner Opens Fire On Trespasser

In Adams County, trespassing charges have been filed against Anthony Sitts, 37.

Police said Sitts was trespassing on a property along Gordon Road in Freedom Township shortly after 9 p.m. Monday and entered the house without permission.

Police said he left the home and went back to his vehicle, but the homeowner followed him and blew out the rear windows of the vehicle with a shotgun.

Sitts was not hurt.

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Murder charge dismissed

The state has dismissed a murder charge against a Pembroke man.

The District Attorney's Office said there is insufficient evidence to prosecute Twyman McKinney in the shooting death of 31-year-old Jay Mario Lowry of Pembroke. Lowry lived at 406 Gough St.

McKinney, 54, shot Lowry once in the chest with a small-caliber handgun at McKinney's 201 E. Second St. home. The shooting occurred in March, but McKinney was not cleared of the second-degree murder charge until May 23.

Assistant District Attorney Martha Duvall said McKinney was justified in his use of deadly force, according to court records. McKinney's defense lawyer, Gayla Biggs, declined to elaborate.

“The dismissal speaks for itself,” said Biggs, an assistant public defender.

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Suspect Shot And Killed During Apparent Home Invasion

A man is dead after police say he attempted to break into an apartment and was shot by a man inside.

It happened at about 5:15 a.m. at the Sandy Park Apartments in the 6100 block of West 11th Street. We're told a man was staying at his brother's apartment when a man attempted to break into the apartment.

When the suspect made his way in, the man inside opened fire, striking the suspect several times. The suspect was taken to St. John Medical Center, but was later pronounced dead.

The man who fired the shots was taken in for questioning, but police believe he acted in self defense.

The man's wife and one child were also in the apartment at the time. No one else was hurt.

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Homeowner shoots intruder in E. St. Louis

A homeowner shot an intruder this morning in the 3900 block of Caseyville Ave. in East St. Louis.

Willie Brown woke up when the intruder smashed his window.

The intruder told Willie he had a knife.

Willie shot the suspect at least two times.

The intruder was able get in a car and flee the scene.

Washington Park police later pulled over the suspect for erratic driving.

The suspect is currently at the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Willie is a former Green Barrett [sic] who sleeps with gun under his pillow. He says his home has been broken into before.

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Prowlers flee homeowner's bullets

A homeowner in Southwest Ranches said he was frightened by two prowlers when he fired the first shot at them through a garage window.

About 2:45 a.m., a live-in housekeeper at a home in the 13400 block of Old Sheridan Street heard noises and saw the men in the garage area possibly trying to break into the garage or a 1995 Ferrari F512. She alerted the homeowner.

While his wife was on the phone with Broward sheriff's deputies, he got his Walther P99 semiautomatic pistol and entered the garage through an interior door. Deputies dispatched on the call heard from the dispatcher that shots had been fired.

They found seven spent shell casings on the front driveway, one inside the garage and a bullet hole in the garage window. The homeowner said he fired seven shots at the men before they jumped a fence into a neighbor's yard.

One of the men wore a black ski hat, black shirt and black gloves. The second wore a light-colored shirt.

A search of the area did not locate the prowlers and no blood was found to indicate that either man had been hit.

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Hollywood teen loads gun, shoots when intruder breaks down door

With a man breaking through the front door, a Hollywood 15-year-old loaded his father's gun, waited for the intruder to come in and shot him, police said.

Keil Jumper, 22, who police said has a long rap sheet, was later found bleeding in an area between two houses. Police said Jumper was seriously injured but his injuries didn't appear life threatening.

The incident happened about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, when Jumper attempted to break down the front door, then picked up a bicycle to smash the window, police said. The sounds terrified a family of eight to 10 people who were asleep in the home, which is on South 61st Avenue in Hollywood, police said.

Police said the teenager is unlikely to be charged in the case. But they said Jumper, who was shot several times, will be -- once he's discharged from Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.

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Elderly Woman Shoots Male Intruder

An 81-year-old woman says she shot a man who was breaking into her home Thursday night, and now deputies in Choctaw County are looking for the two suspects. It happened around 6 p.m. just a few miles north of Hugo.

Deputies are not releasing the woman’s name, but say she was home alone when two intruders broke in. She shot one of them, but they both managed to get away.

Authorities do not have much to go one, but they do know both intruders were male, between the ages of 18 and 30. The woman did not suffer any injuries.

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(CBS 13) SACRAMENTO A Sacramento homeowner shot a woman who was allegedly trying to break into his house, say Sacramento Police.

Police say that at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, a man was sitting in his home on the 8400 block of La Riviera Drive in Sacramento when he says he heard people trying to get in. The man got his gun and shot one of the suspects;l the other ran away, say police.

When paramedics arrived they found the wounded woman sitting in a green Mazda MX-3 near the house, say police. They took the woman to the hospital where she is being treated for her injury which, police say, is not non-life threatening.

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Would-be intruder shot, killed

A 20-year-old man was shot to death about noon Wednesday as he tried to break into a home on the Far Eastside.

Xavier Rashard Ivory, 1800 block of South State Street, was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital after being shot once in the chest.

Capt. Phil Burton of the Marion County Sheriff's Department said the owner of a home in the 8000 block of East 37th Street heard his doorbell ringing incessantly but ignored it in hopes that the person would go away. Shortly thereafter, the homeowner heard a pounding at his back door.

On the way to the back door, he grabbed a firearm from a closet. At the back door, he heard and saw someone trying to force open the door. As he pulled back window blinds, he saw an arm come in through a broken window, Burton said.

The homeowner fired one shot, striking Ivory in the chest. Ivory ran around to the front of the home and collapsed in the street. He was transported to Methodist by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead, Burton said.

Burton said Sheriff's Department investigators consulted with the Marion County prosecutor's office, which ruled the shooting a justifiable homicide, meaning no charges will be filed.

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DALLAS -- Dallas police say they don't expect to file charges against a homeowner who shot two people he said were trying to break into his home.

The shooting happened at about midnight Monday at a home in the 2500 block of Locust Avenue.

The suspects are in the hospital but do not have serious injuries.

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Man Who Shot Intruder Acted in Self Defense

The Lee County Sheriff's Office says Todd Rasmussen, who lives on Camellia Drive in North Fort Myers, was acting in self defense when he shot a man hanging around in his backyard.

The Sheriff's Office has identified the man as 35-year old Michael Frazzini of Cape Coral.

"I turned around and I seen him and I was like oh my God," said his daughter 16-year old Amanda.

16-year old Amanda Rasmussen was the first to discover a masked man hiding behind the shed in her families backyard.

She ran inside to tell her older brother Corey.

"Guy popped up out of nowhere about six foot, 250, really big, had a mask on his face," said Corey.

Corey thought the man was trying to break into the home. He was trying to scare the Frazzini off. But the man wouldn't back down and he had something in his hand.

"In the dark they didn't know what he had," said Corey's step-mother Michelle.

The family says they were already on edge because their house was targeted in the last few months.

"Somebody's been knocking on a window and paint-balling our house doing a lot of stuff," said Michelle.

Father and son say they repeatedly warned the Frazzini to leave the property.

"The guy just kept coming and kept coming. And after my dad told him he will open fire he turned toward my dad and said do you want a piece of me too and he started advancing toward my father and my father shot him," said Corey.

Frazzini died at the scene.

Amanda and Michelle Rasmussen say they are still a little scared. But they will rest a little easier knowing that man won't be coming back.

The Sheriff's Office has not released the name of the man who was killed.

Masked man shot to death by resident

A man dressed in black and wearing a mask was shot to death by a North Fort Myers resident Monday night.

The incident happened at 848 Camelia Drive, south of Hancock Bridge Parkway.

Around 9 p.m., the resident heard a noise in his backyard and went to investigate. He found the masked man and shot him after a confrontation.

The masked man died at the scene. His identity is being withheld until next of kin can be notified.

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Intruder Sent to Hospital After Home Owners Open Fire

The quiet community of Ransom Canyon is shocked after a home invasion sends the victim and the attacker to the hospital.

Ransom Canyon Police are investigating the overnight home invasion that sent two to the hospital Saturday morning. The intruder broke into the home and stabbed a 70-year-old man, but the home owners fought back.

Police say the intruder broke into the home through a bedroom window thinking no one was home.

"We are still investigating," stated Ransom Canyon Police Chief Wayne Ralls.

Police tape and bullet holes let neighbors know that something went terribly wrong in their quiet community.

"All the other agencies, the (Lubbock County) District Attorney's Office, the (Lubbock County) Sheriff's Office, and the DPS are cooperating with us on the investigation," Ralls stated.

Just after 1am Saturday an intruder broke into the home and stabbed the sleeping male home owner. He and his wife then reached for their pistols stored beside their bed and opened fire on the man. The intruder ran from the bedroom but was chased by the wife and shot in the chest just outside of the room.

"This is the second home invasion we've had. The other one was two years ago and we had a double homicide on that," Ralls remembered.

But unlike two years ago, the husband and wife fought back.

"We normally don't have these kind of situations here. This is a very quite secluded community," neighbor Mac Davis offered.

Now neighbors, like Davis, are going to be sure to keep an eye out so a tragedy like this won't happen again.

"It's very sad to see something like this happen. But the only thing you can do is be very watchful, and take care of your own safety as best as you can. You can't live life scared," stated Davis.

The identity of the intruder is still unknown. Authorities say he is a Hispanic male between 25 and 30-years-old. As of 11pm Saturday the intruder was in ICU at UMC under police guard.

Once he makes a recovery he will be handed over to Sheriff's custody and taken to the County Jail.

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Suspected prowler killed in Antioch

Antioch police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man who police believe was prowling in a yard.

Mario Rivera, 24, was shot while in a backyard on the 1000 block of Putnam Street. He died at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.

Police responded to a call at 2:47 a.m. that a resident had shot an intruder, Sgt. Dimitri Barakos stated in a press release.

When officers arrived they found Rivera, wounded, in Jason Goettsch's yard. Goettsch, 35, told police he was inside his house with his girlfriend when they heard someone in the back yard.

Rivera had to climb a fence to get into the yard and was looking into the house's windows, Detective Mike Franzen said.

Goettsch got a handgun and confronted Rivera, who was armed with a baseball bat.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Cumberland Co. Mother Shoots Home Intruder, Authorities Say

A Cumberland County mother shot and killed an apparent home intruder Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

The shooting happened on the corner of Eloise Street and Charles Avenue near Fayetteville, where investigators said, a man kicked in the front door of the house, possibly to burglarize the house. The woman, Crystal Strickland, 23, then shot the man, investigators said.

They said Strickland was inside the house when she heard tapping on an outside window. When she went to investigate the noise, she either saw or heard the intruder, who was armed, trying to kick in the front door, authorities said. Strickland then got her gun, shots were exchanged and the intruder was hit.

The intruder, whose name was not released, left the scene in critical condition, but died shortly before arriving to a local hospital.

Authorities said Strickland told them that she did not know the intruder and, at this point, believe the shooting to be a case of a mother trying to protect her children.

Strickland, who is 9 months pregnant, has two other children: one 3 years old and another 1 year old.

Police identify slain intruder

A man shot to death after breaking into a pregnant woman’s home was identified Wednesday as Louis Deon McMillian.

McMillian, 28, of the 800 block of Whitfield Street, was shot in the chest after he broke into a duplex on Charles Avenue in the Eureka Springs neighborhood, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said.

He was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, where he died.

McMillian was not carrying identification, so detectives had to identify him through his fingerprints.

Crystal Strickland, 22, was in the home with her two children, ages 3 and 1, when she heard a noise at her kitchen door, said Debbie Tanna, spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Office.

Strickland, who is nine months’ pregnant, saw McMillian at the door and went to get a gun, Tanna said.

McMillian ran around the home and kicked the door in.

Strickland told McMillian she had a gun, and he said that he had one, too. Tanna said shots were exchanged, and McMillian was hit. Neither Strickland nor her children were hurt.

Strickland’s gun was registered to her boyfriend, but the weapon has not been traced, Tanna added.

No one answered at Strickland’s home Wednesday afternoon. McMillian’s home on Whitfield Street appeared abandoned. The windows were boarded up, and no one answered the door.

Court records show that McMillian pleaded guilty in 1995 to charges of felonious assault with a deadly weapon and common-law robbery. He served at least two years in jail.

Detectives are continuing their investigation and will present evidence to the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office to decide whether charges will be filed.

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Former State Police Chief Shoots Intruder In Duke City

A former New Mexico State Police chief has shot and wounded an intruder in his home in Albuquerque's south valley.

Bernalillo County sheriff's spokeswoman Erin Kinnard said when Maurice Cordova and his wife returned to their home Monday night, they encountered a man in a bathroom.

Kinnard said the intruder left the bathroom and Cordova shot him in the stomach.

Kinnard said the man possibly was armed with a knife.

She said the man has been taken to University of New Mexico Hospital for surgery.

Kinnard said she doesn't immediately know his identity or condition. She said no charges have been filed against Cordova.

Cordova was appointed chief in March 1983.

He resigned Aug. 31, 1985, after a 32-year career with the state police.

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Homeowner shoots intruder in the chest

Police in northwest Houston think a homeowner grabbed a gun to defend himself against a suspected intruder.

It happened at a home on Arncliffe at Antoine late Friday night. Police say the suspected intruder was shot in the chest and rushed to a hospital. His condition is unknown.

The homeowner was questioned but there's no word if he'll face any charges.

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Intruders enter home; grandma greets them with loaded gun

A local great-grandmother faced danger head on as intruders entered her home. But as they quickly discovered - she could hold her own.

Eleanor Lynn, 75, said she keeps her .380 handgun loaded and nearby at all times.

"I already had the gun out," she said. "Somebody was breaking into my house so I took the gun out and went to the door. They flew."

That's why she was ready when the suspects entered her west Akron home Monday morning.

She'd been robbed before and wasn't about to let it happen again.

"All I got to do is hold this trigger and it goes six times without stopping," Lynn explained. "I just bought this one and this one has never been used I'd like to have a chance to use it."

Lynn's neighbor quickly called police who arrested the suspects, ages 15 and 17, in nearby yards.

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A shooting in northwest Oklahoma City on Friday that resulted in the death of one man was justified, according to initial reports from metro police.

Officers said that a man broke into a home at 3101 NW Grand Blvd., when the owner of the home awakened from a nap and shot him.

Police said it does not appear that the resident will face any charges. They said it appears the shooting falls under Oklahoma's make-my-day laws, which allow residents to use lethal force on people breaking into their homes.

Oklahoma City police have identified a man killed after apparently breaking into home last week as an Oklahoma City man.
Police say John Simmons the third was shot by James Petery after Petery confronted the man inside his house about 2 a-m last Friday.

Petery told police he was awakened by a loud noise and got a gun to investigate. He says he shot once when Simmons made a move toward him.

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Jury clears homeowner who took cop for intruder

A jury took less than 30 minutes to determine a homeowner did no wrong when he shot a police officer two years ago.

A little more than two years ago, Mario Barcia Jr. was awakened in the dead of night by banging on his door. Startled -- and shaken from two previous robberies -- he grabbed his gun and ran to the front of the house.

Within a matter of seconds his life would change forever. Seeing what he described only as a bright light shining through his back door, Barcia fired a single shot.

Five shots were returned. Then Barcia fired twice more.

His first shot had hit Miami-Dade County police officer Chad Murphy in the back.

Barcia was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, a crime that could have left him imprisoned for life. Murphy, wearing a flak jacket, survived with a bloody bruise.

On Wednesday, it took a Miami-Dade County jury less than 30 minutes to decide Barcia did nothing wrong in shooting Murphy, who had entered Barcia's property without permission or a warrant.

But the cost to Barcia, a former Miami-Dade County Family Court clerk, and his family has been substantial: In the past two years Barcia has lost his job and his home, and had to serve house arrest while watching his now-19-month-old son grow.

Still, between hugs from family members on the third floor of the county criminal courthouse, Barcia said he holds no grudge against the state for pressing forward on what he considered an unfair case.

''I'm just glad it's behind me,'' he said. ``They were just doing their jobs. I just wish they'd have been honest.''

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Police: Suffolk Man Accidentally Shoots Five-Year-Old Son

Suffolk police are investigating after they say a father accidentally shot his five-year old son early Wednesday morning.

Officials say the man, hearing noises, thought an intruder was breaking in the family's home on Mill Pond Court just after 1:00 a.m. He called police to report the incident.

Before police arrived, the father was unloading his gun to put it away, when he accidentally shot his son. Police say the gun was a 9mm.

Police think siding ripped off and banging against the house by the severe weather that rolled through Hampton Roads was the source of the noise.

The boy was shot in the hip, and the same bullet hit his hand as well. He was rushed to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is expected to by [sic] okay.

Police say the shooting appears accidental, but the father may face a charge of reckless handling of firearm.

The incident remains under investigation.

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Intruder Killed During Home Invasion

A Little Rock man was shot dead this morning after he and several other suspects broke into a residence.

It's the 5th homicide of the new year in Little Rock. It happened just after 2:00 this morning at the 9200 block of Hilaro Springs Road

According to police, the men broke in to the trailer because they wanted to find out who was driving one of the cars parked outside.

Authorities say four to seven men forced their way into this residence early Saturday morning, but by the time police got there, all the suspects except one had left.

(Sgt. Terry Hastings, Little Rock Police) "They found a person lying on the floor deceased he was wearing gloves and a mask."

Tremayne Beasley was shot after he entered one of the bedrooms. At that time, according to the police report, the owner of the trailer shot Beasley once in the shoulder and once in the stomach.

(Hastings)"The suspects then fled out of the trailer and left in an unknown direction."

Police say a women inside the trailer was also shot, but her injuries were not life threatening. At the time of the intrusion five adults were inside the residence.

(Hastings)"We know that these individuals were looking for particular person so we are not releasing any names of those involved here in the trailer, until we can get a better handle on exactly what these individuals were doing."

Right now no charges have been filed against the owner of the trailer for shooting the intruder.

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Police say suspect shot breaking into home

A man was shot in the groin early Thursday as he tried to break through the door of a South Eugene Street home with a fire extinguisher he stole from a nearby dialysis center, authorities said.

Baton Rouge Police arrested Ronald Scott Murphy, 41, Friday after he was released from Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. He is being charged with two counts of criminal damage to property, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, misdemeanor theft and simple burglary, booking records show.

A detective responding to a burglar alarm about 12:55 a.m. at the FMCNA Dialysis Center at 2661 North Blvd. noticed a white cloud inside the building, said police spokesman Sgt. Don Kelly.

“While he was waiting for uniform patrol, he noticed a commotion across the street at a home,” Kelly said. “He saw a white male trying to break through the front door using a fire extinguisher.”

Someone inside the house then shot the intruder in the groin, Kelly said. Police could not confirm the suspect stole anything from the dialysis center besides the fire extinguisher, Kelly said.

The homeowner was not charged, Kelly said.

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ROANOKE RAPIDS - A New Jersey man who was shot in the leg after he allegedly beat another man with a gun Friday was jailed on $50,000 bond, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.

Howard Boone III, of Trenton, N.J., went to the 1800 block of Powell Street Friday around 6:44 p.m., and broke into a house where Travis Price was staying, Police Chief Greg Lawson said this morning.

Boone allegedly assaulted Price by hitting him with a gun, Lawson said. Outside the house the men exchanged gunfire and Boone was struck in the leg. He was taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center where he was treated and released. He was then placed in the Halifax County Jail and charged with first-degree burglary, assault by pointing a gun and communicating threats.

Price was charged with delay and obstruction and an alcohol violation.

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Homeowner Shoots Alleged Intruders, Kills 2

Prosecutors Will Decide If Shootings Were Crimes Or Self-Defense

Prosecutors will decide if the shootings of three men suspected of breaking into a Detroit home were crimes or self-defense.

A homeowner shot and killed two of three men who allegedly tried to break into his east side home Thursday.

Police say three men, two adults and one juvenile, were breaking into multiple homes in the area. When they arrived at a home on Somerset, the homeowner was in the house and armed.

Investigators believe the man shot all three. Two of the men tried to get away in a car, but didn't get far before they died, Local 4 reported.

The 15-year-old teen stumbled away from the home and is in critical condition in St. John Hospital, according to Local 4.

Police are continuing the investigation.

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Homeowner Drags Intruder From Son's Room

Man Accused Of Driving Drunk, Breaking Into Home

An intruder picked the wrong house to break into in Lisbon on Saturday and ended up being dragged down a flight of stairs and pinned to the floor by the homeowner.

Police said that Wayne Eathorne's truck skidded off the road in Lisbon, but instead of calling 911 for help, he broke into a nearby house. That's where he met up with two retired corrections officers who took matters into their own hands.

Mike Tobin said that he came from a hunting trip with his friend, Paul Aldrich, and heard strange noises from upstairs.

"I thought it was my son fooling around, but as I got closer, I realized it wasn't his voice," Tobin said. "I entered his room, his mattress is off the bed and the room is trashed."

Tobin said that he saw Eathorne on the floor.

"He had his socks, long johns and a sweater on," Tobin said. "That's how I found him -- lying on his back, bellowing."

Tobin said that Eathorne threatened him.

"That's when I pulled my weapon and I said, 'No, you're not doing nothing! You're getting out of my house,'" Tobin said. "He reached for my gun, and I pulled it back, punched him, grabbed his shirt and started running."

Tobin dragged Eathorne halfway down a spiral staircase before Eathorne grabbed onto a railing. Tobin said he went to the door to get Aldrich's help, and Eathorne went back upstairs.

Tobin said that Eathorne went back downstairs after Tobin threatened to shoot, and Aldrich was waiting at the bottom.

"As he came down, (Aldrich) picked him up and threw him," Tobin said. "He landed in the sink area."

Tobin then called police. Nothing was taken from the home, and the only damage was a broken window.

"I'm not a person who wants to hurt anybody, but I'll do whatever it takes to protect my family," Tobin said.

Eathorne was charged with driving while intoxicated, attempted burglary and criminal threatening. He was released on bail and ordered to stay away from Tobin's home.

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A man and wife from rural Conway, Missouri were recovering in a Springfield hospital Wednesday after an intruder apparently broke into the family`s home and shot them.
The break-in happened about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Laclede County Sheriff Richard Wrinkle.

Wrinkle identified the injured couple as Milton Vanwinkle, 48, and his wife, Elizabeth Johnson, 33. Both were airlifted to a Springfield hospital with serious injuries. Wrinkle said VanWinkle was shot in the arm.

Doctors Wednesday amputated the arm above the elbow. Johnson was shot in the chest, causing her lungs to collapse.

Wrinkle said both victims were able to tell investigators what happened and told detectives they didn`t know who the intruder was.

Wrinkle said Johnson told detectives she was getting ready for work about 4:30 a.m. when she saw someone in the front room of their home.

She said she yelled for her husband to get a gun. They were both shot almost immediately afterward.

Investigators did find evidence that Van Winkle fired his assault weapon at least three times inside the home.

The couple`s two children, ages 13 and 10, were also in the home at the time but were not injured.

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Intruder cuts man, runs from pistol

Police were looking for a man Saturday who allegedly stabbed a Springfield man in his home.

Police were called to the 2800 block of Olive because of shots fired around 5 p.m.

Police said the 24-year-old victim was on the telephone when he heard noises in the house.

When he hung up, he saw an intruder with a knife.

The victim was cut in the arm before he went into his bedroom to get a pistol.

The victim fired at the intruder, who was running out the door. It was unknown if the suspect was hit.

The suspect is described as a white man in his late teens to early 20s with dark hair. He is thought to be 6 feet tall, weighing 160 pounds.

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SECURITY GUARD KILLS INTRUDER

A security guard shot and killed a homeless man after he climbed a fence onto the property of an Allapattah linen store early Thursday morning, police said.

After several hours of questioning at Miami police headquarters, the guard, Paul Delerne, 65, was released without being charged with a crime.

Police would not release the homeless man's name because his family had not been notified, they said.

According to police, the man climbed the fence at Linens of the Week, 1450 NW 21st Ter., at 2:20 a.m., and was confronted by the security guard.

Miami police spokesman Lt. Bill Schwartz said detectives weren't saying if the the homeless man had a weapon.

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Juneau man defends boat while naked

According to the Associated Press, a Juneau man defended his boat from an intruder before dawn Thursday with a shotgun and little else.

Russell Peterson grabbed his shotgun, sprang out of bed and marched the intruder off the vessel - all while in the nude. Peterson says he saw a man in a black coat standing in his bedroom doorway aboard his boat docked in Aurora Harbor. Peterson says he used his sawed-off shotgun to march the man off his ship.

Peterson then called 911. After explaining the situation, Peterson told the dispatcher he needed to get off the phone so he could get his pants on.

Police say 27-year-old Clay Calabrese was jailed at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center on a charge of criminal trespass. Peterson says Calabrese lives on another boat at Aurora.

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Police: Hall of fame hunter shoots alleged intruder

A member of the Kentucky Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame fatally shot an alleged intruder in his home early today, Kentucky State Police said.

Roland Burns, 65, of Rush, told investigators that he awoke shortly before 12:30 a.m. EST to find the man in his home in rural Boyd County, Trooper Ed Ginter said.

Shannon Scott Conley, 32, of Rush, was pronounced dead at the scene.

No charges have been filed in the case. State police are investigating.

Ginter said Burns told investigators that he was awakened by a vehicle in his driveway. He said he went to investigate and found the alleged intruder in his house. Burns told police he returned to his bedroom for a gun.

"Mr. Burns ordered the man to leave the home," Ginter said in a press release. "A struggle ensued, and Mr. Conley was fatally wounded."

Burns, who was inducted into the Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame in 2003 by the Kentucky chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, was not injured, Ginter said.

Charges Unlikely Against Hall Of Fame Hunter Who Shot Alleged Intruder

Charges are unlikely to be filed against a member of the Kentucky Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame who fatally shot an alleged intruder in his home early Friday, according to officials.

Roland Burns, 65, of Rush, told investigators that he awoke shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday to find the man in his home in rural Boyd County, Trooper Ed Ginter said.
Shannon Scott Conley, 32, of Rush, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Boyd County Commonwealth's attorney J. Stewart Schneider says it is unlikely he will charge Burns with a crime. He said Tuesday that it looks like Burns acted within state law when he shot and killed Conley.

Relatives say Conley had grown up in the house where burns and his family now live. They say the former Marine, actor and model, was bi-polar, and that, as a child, his father had told him there was hidden treasure in the house. They also say Conley was obsessed to the point of madness to get back into his family's former home.

Ginter said Burns told investigators that he was awakened by a vehicle in his driveway. He said he went to investigate and found the alleged intruder in his house. Burns told police he returned to his bedroom for a gun.

"Mr. Burns ordered the man to leave the home," Ginter said in a press release. "A struggle ensued, and Mr. Conley was fatally wounded."

Burns, who was inducted into the Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame in 2003 by the Kentucky chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, was not injured, Ginter said.

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