Masked intruder shot to death breaking into North Side residence

A masked and possibly armed intruder was shot to death after breaking into a North Side residence early Friday, Madison police said.

The man broke into the home at 1714 Packers Ave. about 2:30 a.m. and was fatally shot by one of the people inside, Chief Shon Barnes said at a news conference later Friday morning at the scene. A man, a woman and a girl were in the duplex at the time the masked man broke in, he said, and “shots had been fired.” No one else was hurt.

The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday identified the man as James M. Turner, 35, of Madison.

Police were called by the woman at the home, and the man who had been in the home met them outside and led them to the dead man, police said. Multiple weapons were found at the scene, but it wasn’t immediately clear to whom they belonged.

The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the identity of the dead man, Barnes said. The chief did not release the names or ages of the people in the home but said they are cooperating with police. He said the girl is older than a toddler.

“She’s with her mother now, and detectives are talking to them to try to figure out why this particular residence was targeted, what issues may have been involved,” Barnes said.

Police had no information yet on whether anyone might face charges.