Police: Homeowner Grabs Gun From Intruder, Opens Fire
Updated 3:03 PM PDT, Thu, Jan 7, 2010
A man shot and killed one of three men who burst into his home in the Harbor Gateway area, police said Monday.
The shooting occurred about 11:15 a.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of West 215th Street, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations office.
Authorities withheld the name of the dead man, pending family notification. Two accomplices fled and were being sought, Eisenman said.
According to the preliminary investigation, three men entered the residence and got into a "physical altercation" with the victim, who wrested a handgun from one suspect and shot him, Eisenman said.
Neighbors who declined to be identified told the Daily Breeze that they could hear a commotion. "We just heard they were arguing," one man said. "We could hear the yelling."
One neighbor said he was going out for breakfast when he saw a resident outside the house, clutching his face as if he was punched, the newspaper reported.
Two of the intruders then ran from the house past him, got into a silver Honda Civic and drove away, the neighbor said. The third intruder remained inside the house. "They left him behind," the neighbor said. "Then we heard the gunshot."
First Published: Jun 1, 2009 8:08 AM PDT
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