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 Posted - 07/30/2009 : 10:18:35
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By Tom Brockman
Reporter
Published: July 30, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A man fatally shot an armed intruder while protecting his 5-year-old relative late Wednesday, authorities said.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Columbus police continued to investigate an overnight shooting on the city’s Southwest Side.
CPD said the incident started with a home invasion but it was the suspect who was fatally shot.
CPD was called to a home on the 1500 block of Autumn Village Drive on reports of a shooting at about 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers found a man on a front porch with a gunshot wound to his neck.
The armed suspect broke into home shortly before he was fatally shot, CPD said.
“There was a knock on the door. The resident went to the door, at which time the victim out front entered the house with a firearm in commission of an aggravated robbery,” said CPD homicide Sgt. Dana Norman.
As the armed suspect entered the home, a man picked up his 5-year-old relative to protect child as well as a firearm and fired shots, according to authorities.
The suspect attempted to flee the home after being wounded but collapsed on the porch. He died a short time later.
Detectives have not released the identity of the suspect currently, but NBC4 was told the shooter and suspect did not know each other.
The police report listed the suspect as an unknown black male in his 20s.
The man who fatally shot the suspect was not a resident of the home; he was staying there with relatives. There were four people in home at time of the invasion: a woman, child and two men, one of whom is bedridden.
Authorities have have not released additional information on the shooter’s identity, either.
“It’s a very quiet neighborhood,” said neighbor Gary Dulaney.
No other injuries were reported from the incident.
“Five-years-old, man. You’re always concerned about the kid. I mean you hope you don’t bring your child into that situation. It is scary. I feel bad for him,” Dulaney said.
No charges were filed against the man who shot the intruder currently, but the case will be presented to the Franklin County grand jury for review.
Anyone with additional information on the city’s 49th homicide of 2009 was asked to call the CPD homicide squad at 614-645-4730.
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Hawkeye638
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Posted - 07/30/2009 : 10:28:18
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It is always good to see the BG lose but this statment concerns me.
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As the armed suspect entered the home, a man picked up his 5-year-old relative to protect child as well as a firearm and fired shots, according to authorities.
Without having more information I am not sure how holding a child in your arms as you fire is protecting the child. I would think that if anything, this would place the child in the line of fire had the BG returned fire. Again, I do not know all the facts so this is all conjecture on my part. |
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Posted - 07/30/2009 : 10:39:45
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| That is bothering to me also. If anyone knocks on my doors after dark both of my kids go in the opposite direction and upstairs |
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T.J.
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Posted - 07/31/2009 : 13:16:46
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| NOt going to judge what happened as I was not there.... Good thing that the BG was the one who paid for his bad choice. |
Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.
Benjamin Franklin
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
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lwknight
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Posted - 08/04/2009 : 22:58:13
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I would imagine that he could have held the child at his side away from the intruder and shot camp Perry style straight out to the other side. This would have shielded the child somewhat from the intruder and put some sound damping with his own body to the child.
Just my imagination of one possibility.
BTW: I'm back from nearly 2 weeks of Colorado mountain crawling and exploration and I did not miss the Texas heat. |
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Heather
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 07:05:27
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| The BG dying will work in his favor if there is anything questionable. No one's word against his. Did he open the door for the guy??? No excuse for the guy just barging in, or did he break down the door? Anyway. Glad everyone in the house was kept safe. |
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pinkhamr
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 20:42:37
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No kids here but 3 barking dogs. If someone comes to the front door (or any house door), that I am not expecting, I always answer the door with a gun in my hand, and my gun hand behind my back. Just the way I am ....
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