Police: Detroiter kills teen home intrusion suspect
A resident of Detroit's east side shot and killed a suspected intruder early this morning as the 19-year-old climbed in the window of his home, Detroit Police said.
The teen suspect ran from the home in the 11300 block of Whitehill after being shot in the head and chest with the resident's handgun, police said. He collapsed in front of his own house and died at about 3:30 a.m., according to police.
At 7 a.m., Detroit Police homicide detectives were still questioning the 39-year-old resident of the home, which lies northeast of Hayes and East Outer Drive.
http://www.freep.com/article/2009050...rusion+suspect
Thank God guns are LEGAL!
I can empathize with home-owner ...
I used to be totally anti-handgun. Until someone tried to rob my wife an me at gun point last Friday night while walking our dogs _ one is a mastiff _ by Boston-Edision. First time he pulled up and said "give me your fucking money." We were stunned and said we had no money and he left. Then he circled around, showed us the gun again and repeated his demand. We said we had no money, I told my wife to run and we ran down the alley. We called 911 and cops never came. We snuck back to our house in the alleys worried he would return. My first instinct was to just get a concealed weapon permit, take the class and go to range every other week. Next time someone tries to hold me up at gun point_ this is the third time in 10 years _ I'll be trained, with a working revolver and ready to protect my wife. Same as if they were coming in my window. Then on second instinct, I realize I don't want to be that type of person and would rather leave Detroit. We went house hunting this weekend. Did you know you can can get gorgeous houses in Grosse Point Park for less than $200,000?