The Armed Citizen® Oct. 18, 2024

Armed Citizen® Today

A homeowner in Kent, Wash., was able to fend off an intruder long enough to retrieve his handgun from a safe, which he used to shoot the alleged burglar, according to a KOMO News report.

The break-in occurred at about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 4. The homeowner and his wife were asleep in bed when the male stranger walked into the bedroom and turned on the light. The awakened homeowner then immediately began throwing items toward the intruder, causing him to flee the room. That gave the homeowner a chance to grab a firearm from a nearby safe. He then fired two rounds at the burglar, who fled.

About an hour and a half later, police were called to a nearby apartment to treat a person with a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, officers found a 39-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his torso. The man was allegedly identified as the burglar who had broken into the family's home earlier. Police confirmed the homeowner will not face charges for the self-defense shooting.

"This is my safehouse, this is my home, this is where we live," the homeowner told KOMO News. “I gotta protect my family. That’s just the end of it." (KOMO News; Kent, Wash.; 9/4/24)

From the Armed Citizen® Archives – December 1967

Babysitter Julia Roman, 18, got a .357 Mag. revolver from the next room when she heard someone breaking through a window at 3 a.m. in a Chicago home where she was minding two small children. When the intruder advanced, she fired. He staggered out, mortally wounded. The death was termed justifiable homicide. —Chicago Sun-Times