Homeowner kills a man who broke into his house near Willard, Mo.

NEAR WILLARD, Mo. (KY3) -The Greene County Sheriff’s Office says a homeowner killed a man who broke into his home in the Meadows Subdivision Thursday morning.

Deputies were called to a home in the 6000 block of W. Hawthorn Ct. for a burglary in progress around 4 a.m.

Deputies found the suspect inside the house. They say that man attacked the homeowner before he was killed. Deputies aren’t saying how the homeowner killed the man.

Investigators did not identify the two other people who were in the house when the break-in happened. Those two people weren’t hurt. The homeowner is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.