Crime

Southgate Homeowner Fatally Shoots Home Invader

January 29, 2015, 2:28 PM

The dead man in this case is unlikely to get much sympathy.

Holly Fournier and Tom Greenwood of the Detroit News report that a homeowner shot and killed an armed suspect in a home invasion Thursday around 4:45 a.m. in the 15000 block of Flanders.

“The defendant entered the home through a window and had a firearm with him,” Police Chief Jeff Smith said, according to the News. “The house was occupied by a man and his wife. He had a legal firearm and confronted the intruder. He ended up shooting him and the defendant died at the scene.”


Read more:  Detroit News


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