NM: Man Shoots Intruder, Intruder dies

A man living on Stutz Drive in Northeast Albuquerque woke up to a strange noise around 10 a.m. Thursday.

He armed himself with a gun and went to see what it was, which is when he found a man later identified as Robert Bartley crouching in his kitchen with what looked like a knife, he told police. Bartley “came at” him, saying he was going to kill him. So the resident shot and killed Bartley, according to police.


Police investigate after a resident shot and killed a home intruder in northeast Albuquerque Thursday morning.

Bartley, 28, has faced criminal charges in the past, and was found guilty of breaking and entering in 2010, according to online court records.

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