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Does a homeowner have the right to shoot an intruder in his home?
In Carnation, Washington, a man in his 70’s shot and wounded an intruder who had broken into his home, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. The homeowner had heard someone brake into his car around 5 a.m. and went to see what was going on. Just as the homeowner reached his back door, the 35-year-old intruder broke through the door and fought the homeowner, he said. The homeowner retreated to another room, grabbed a handgun and confronted the intruder in his kitchen. Another fight ensued and the man shot the intruder twice, he said. The homeowner went to a neighbor’s house. Both men returned to the house and held the intruder at gunpoint until deputies arrived Urquhart said.
According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, the intruder, possibly a transient living in some nearby woods, was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with non-life-threatening injuries. The homeowner was treated at a local hospital for a contusion to his head.
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