Thursday, August 13, 2015

OH: Gun Kept at Front Door Used to Shoot Robber


LORAIN, Ohio — A Lorain man shot and killed a robber in what police are calling an apparent act of self-defense.

Glenn Smith Jr., 34, was shot about 5 p.m. Tuesday at a home on the 1900 block of East 40th Street. Officers responding to the shooting found the Elyria man inside the two-story house with gunshot wounds.

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The resident told officers that he fought with Smith as the two men entered his home, police said. The man said that he grabbed a handgun he keeps near his front door and fired several shots.
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1 comment:

Wireless.Phil said...

Cleveland is about twenty miles away, here is the local version.
chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2015/08/13/police-home-invader-killed/