Homeowner With Shotgun Kills Intruder
Second Intruder Shot, Wounded
POSTED: 12:22 pm MST June 18,
2009
UPDATED: 3:46 pm MST June 18,
2009
PHOENIX -- A Mesa homeowner used a shotgun to defend himself during a home invasion late Wednesday night, authorities said.According to Mesa Police Department spokesman Sgt. Ed Wessing, two men armed with guns and demanding money forced their way into the home near Stapley Road and Southern Avenue.The intruders rounded up the four men who live there and forced them into a room, Wessing said."At some point during this crime, one of the residents was able to grab a shotgun," Wessing said. "(He) shot and killed one of them, and then fired at the second suspect (who) was injured but then fled the area."Police said the second intruder ended up at a nearby hospital, where he is expected to survive.The four men were not injured.Neighbor Ron Hahn has surveillance cameras set up around his home for security, and he shared copies of the video with police.The video appeared to be too dark to determine what was going on inside the home; however, Hahn said his cameras did catch someone two months ago.A person jumped the fence into his back yard and dismantled the security light."He sat in the corner of my yard for about, I would say, five minutes or so, watching the house behind me (where the homicide occurred) with a two-way radio," Hahn said.Police also have the surveillance video from the second incident; however, they said it's too early to tell if it's related to the home invasion.
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