Person comes home to burglary, shoots suspect
MACHESNEY PARK (WREX) — Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputies say they’re investigating a burglary and shooting in the 2000 block of Anjali Way.
Deputies say, shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday, a person came home to a burglar attempting to break into his or her home and tried to stop the burglary.
Deputies say a struggle then happened between the two, and the suspect was shot in the face.
The suspect then ran from the scene, but later showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound, according to the sheriff’s department.
Deputies say the person who lived at the home stayed on scene, they are still investigating. Deputies could not say if the alleged burglar was shot with his own gun, or if the person who lived there used a concealed carry firearm.
Woman fatally shoots burglar in southeast Las Vegas Valley
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A woman inside of her house fired one fatal shot at an attempted burglar in the southeast valley on Saturday afternoon, police said.
The woman was home alone about 11:15 a.m. on the 7000 block of Knoll View Drive, near Spencer Street and Warm Springs Road, when she heard glass shatter.
Moments before, she had heard a knock on the door and ignored it, police said.
Las Vegas homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said a 30-year-old man broke through the woman’s sliding glass back door and went into her home. The woman went to her bedroom to get her handgun when the suspect confronted her, Spencer said.
The woman told police the man lunged toward her and she shot him once. He then ran out of the house through the broken door and drove off in a Kia.
Spencer said the woman then called 9-1-1 to report the incident. A nearby patrol officer found the suspect in his Kia about a half-mile away at the intersection of Warm Springs and Spencer Street after having hit a few other cars.