Terre Haute homeowner shoots, kills alleged intruder
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — One person is dead and another in police custody after a shooting in a Terre Haute home early Sunday.
According to the Terre Haute Police Department, officers were sent to the 200 block of N. Fruitridge Ave. around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday after a call about a homeowner shooting an intruder in their home.
The call to dispatch also mentioned a second person with the intruder who had ran away from the area.
Officers secured the scene and found the alleged intruder dead. The second person was found hiding in a neighboring back yard and was taken into custody.
Would-be burglar killed while breaking into home NW Houston
HOUSTON — A man was shot and killed while breaking into a home after being spotted by a neighbor, according to Houston police.
It happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on Saxon Dr. near Mangum Rd. in northwest Houston.
Police said a noise alerted the neighbor that something wasn’t right. When he went out to investigate, he spotted a man breaking into his neighbor’s empty home.
At some point, the man then lunged at the neighbor. Police said that’s when the neighbor fired a gun, which shot and killed the man. The neighbor stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police as their investigation continues.
Suspect killed during attempted carjacking in Sanford yet to be identified,
SANFORD, Fla. – Sanford Police said detectives are still trying to identify a man who was shot and killed after they said he tried carjacking an employee behind a bar. The employee’s father described his daughter as a fighter who suffered lots of bruises during the attack but is doing alright. She even wanted to go back to work immediately, despite the attack.
According to police, based on surveillance video, a man jumped out of this portable toilet and tried to steal the employee’s vehicle, and that was when another man, described as the carjacking victim’s boyfriend, shot and killed the alleged carjacker.
“A man had been waiting in the outhouse for a few hours and come around and had grabbed her and had her on the ground, choking her and beating her in the head, said George’s Tavern customer Al Moon.
The father of the victim said his daughter suffered mild injuries to her head after the suspect attacked her. He said she is a bartender at George’s Tavern and had just finished her shift. He asked her boyfriend to come by at the end of the night to make sure she got home safely. According to police, when the boyfriend saw what was happening, he removed his gun from his waist and shot the man.
“Thank God her boyfriend is a special ops guy and come out and saved her life,” Moon said.
A neighbor who asked not to show her face lives right behind the bar, where the shooting took place just before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday.
“Just heard a loud bang. Didn’t know where it came from,” the neighbor explained.
Police said right now, no charges are pending against the couple. They said they hope to identify the suspect soon and will release pictures of his tattoos if they cannot identify him.
The victim’s father said his daughter is a mother and is studying to be a nurse.