Police Find Wounded Intrusion Suspect Lying in Street with Handgun After Resident Opens Fire

One alleged intruder was found wounded in the street and a second was found dead in the bushes after a resident opened fire on them Tuesday morning in Newport Beach, California.

The incident occurred in Newport Beach’s Newport Coast neighborhood around 4:45 a.m.

The Orange County Register reported that responding officers found one of the alleged intruders lying in the street with a handgun. He was wounded but alive and taken to the hospital for treatment.

A second alleged intruder was found deceased in the bushes. Police believe he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and no information was provided as to whether he was shot by the resident before shooting himself.

FOX LA noted that law enforcement thinks “the family was targeted and that they knew at least one of the suspects, which is why they may have been able to get access to the home.”

Newport Beach PD Sgt. Steve Oberon said, “I just want to assure the Newport Beach residents that this is a safe community. It was a targeted incident. We know that there is a relationship between the two suspects and the victims/the residents.”

None of the family members residing in the home were harmed.