A licensed concealed carrier opened fire on an intruder who broke into his Chicago home after midnight Monday and charged at him, CWB Chicago reported.
The 33-year-old victim called 911 at 1:24 a.m. and said he shot an intruder inside his home in the 2200 block of East 103rd Street — and had started CPR on him, the outlet said.
‘Homeowner clearly was in fear of being killed! That’s a justification!’
The intruder was shot in the chest, the outlet said.
His victim’s home is across the street from the South Chicago (4th) District police station, the outlet added.
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Arriving officers took over lifesaving measures, but the intruder was pronounced dead at 1:43 a.m., the outlet said.
The intruder remained a “John Doe” as of Monday evening, CWB Chicago noted, adding that detectives are investigating the shooting.
The homeowner said he did not know the intruder, WBBM-TV reported.
The residence where the shooting took place is in the Far South Side’s Deering neighborhood, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Most of the commenters under WLS-TV’s Facebook post about the shooting seemed squarely in the homeowner’s corner:
- “Homeowner clearly was in fear of being killed!” one commenter exclaimed. “That’s a justification!”
- “Finally, a story with a happy ending,” another user noted.
- “Would get the same breaking into our house,” another commenter promised.
- “Don’t break in someone’s house,” another user suggested. “The guy was protecting his home.”
- “Great job homeowner!!!” another commenter declared.
- “People need to think [about] the consequences of their actions,” another user offered.
- “One thug at a time,” another commenter concluded.
- “Case closed, next story,” another user wrote.
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