{"id":91826,"date":"2023-04-13T04:31:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=91826"},"modified":"2023-04-13T04:31:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:31:42","slug":"91826","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=91826","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Athens man shoots, injures intruder in attempted burglary<\/a><\/p>\n

An Athens man was shot early Monday after Athens-Clarke police said he burglarized a home and encountered a resident armed with a gun.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred at about 5:50 a.m. on the 1000 block of Tallassee Road in north Athens.<\/p>\n

The suspect, James E. Hill, 41, of Broad Street, was treated for an arm wound, then booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail, where he remained Tuesday without bond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad he\u2019s alive and I didn\u2019t have to be the one to take his life,\u201d the 32-year-old resident said Tuesday when contacted.<\/p>\n

The victim said the episode began when his girlfriend\u2019s 16-year-old son went into the living room and saw a stranger sitting in the living room watching TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe alerted us and she let me know somebody was in there. I grabbed my firearm and ran to the door,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

The resident said he confronted the intruder, whom he had never seen before.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe tried to reason with us, saying someone let him in and there were cops outside looking for him, but I knew no one let him in,\u201d the man said.<\/p>\n

The resident reported to police that the intruder had something in his hand and he was unsure at the time what it was. The suspect began running and the resident said he started shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to scare him, but I ended up hitting him,\u201d the resident said.<\/p>\n

The man\u2019s girlfriend called 911 and when police arrived, they located Hill across the street and took him into custody. Hill was carrying a Roku remote, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Police officer Adam Sartain searched the area and collected seven 9mm shell casings. He also collected the resident\u2019s Glock 45 9mm pistol.<\/p>\n

Hill was subsequently charged with burglary and he provided a detective with a statement, although what Hill told the officer was not disclosed.<\/p>\n

The resident said the intruder entered his house through a door.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad had left for work and left the door unlocked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought this would happen to me,\u201d the resident said about using his gun. \u201cI wanted to protect my family and my home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Athens man shoots, injures intruder in attempted burglary An Athens man was shot early Monday after Athens-Clarke police said he burglarized a home and encountered a resident armed with a gun. The shooting occurred at about 5:50 a.m. on the 1000 block of Tallassee Road in north Athens. The suspect, James E. Hill, 41, of … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91827,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91826\/revisions\/91827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}