{"id":86178,"date":"2022-09-30T23:27:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T04:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=86178"},"modified":"2022-09-30T23:27:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T04:27:11","slug":"86178","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=86178","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Intruder Shot during Home Invasion in Troup County<\/a><\/p>\n

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Your home is your safe place, but it also can be targeted by criminals. Now, a Troup County man is in a Columbus hospital tonight recovering from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

According to the Troup County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a man broke into a home and soon found out, the hard way, that he picked the wrong house.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe homeowner confronted him. She had a handgun and she fired one round striking him in the lower abdomen,\u201d says Sgt. Stewart Smith, Troup County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

According to Sgt. Smith, 36-year-old Chadwick Lyons forced his way into a home on Ginger Circle in the Young Acres subdivision around 2 A.M. Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Smith says the Homeowner, a woman, in the home With two children, heard a voice in the hallway and Smith says she had every right to protect her family.<\/p>\n

Rachael Kramer lives nearby, she says she would have done the same thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just me and Charlie, so if I her another voice in my home, I\u2019m going to do the same thing. Shoot first and ask questions later,\u201d says Kramer.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou certainly have the right to have a gun in your home, the right to have gun on your person, the right to have gun in your car. It\u2019s certainly your right to defend yourself in a situation like this,\u201d says Smith.<\/p>\n

Smith says after Lyons got shot he ran over to the neighbor\u2019s house for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cTroup County 911 received a call from a resident that a man had come to their home had been shot,\u201c says Smith, \u201cHe was seeking assistance, they didn\u2019t know at the time what had occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n

Troup County Sheriff\u2019s Office says before the home invasion, Lyons broke into at least 4 cars in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m making sure my doors are locked, my screen doors are locked. You\u2019re going to have to make a lot of noise to get in my house, you\u2019re going to at least wake me up,\u201d says Kramer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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