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A California resident fatally shot a crazed, shirtless vandal this week after the suspect forced his way into the man\u2019s apartment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident occurred around 5:45 Tuesday evening in Pleasant Hill, a suburb of the Bay Area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police were called to the scene just before the deadly encounter as other residents in the area reported the suspect\u2019s erratic and destructive behavior to dispatchers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He was stumbling all over the place, making loud noises,” neighbor Laura Bryan told KTVU<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bryan said the man, later identified as 46-year-old John Kreutz, also tried to break into her residence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As law enforcement pulled up to investigate, they heard gunfire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kreutz had allegedly forced his way into the victim\u2019s home. The resident responded to the intruder with his legally owned 9mm pistol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kreutz was shot multiple times, including in the chest and head. When police ran up to the home where the gunfire erupted, they found Kreutz on the living room floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He would succumb to his wounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While the Contra Costa County DA’s office is now reviewing the case, all signs indicate that this was a lawful use of force by the resident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n UPDATE: A bearded, shirtless intruder shot dead by a man renting a Pleasant Hill home was a married father of 3, family tells me. The resident who opened fire will likely not face charges, per @PHillPD<\/a>. 4,5,6,7:15 p.m. @KTVU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/STMyN6DaYD<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) August 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n “He and his witness wife were cooperative,” Pleasant Hill police Lt. David Nichols told KTVU. “They’re not looked as a suspect at this time, and there are no suspects outstanding.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kreutz is survived by his wife and three children. The family did not offer a comment to the media about the shooting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Local news affiliates are reporting that this is the third intruder-involved shooting in the Bay Area since July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A 51-year-old Santa Clara homeowner shot an alleged burglar last month, though the suspect in that encounter survived. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And, a Fairfield man shot an armed intruder with a .357 magnum. Police found the body of the suspect across the street with a loaded handgun on his person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A California resident fatally shot a crazed, shirtless vandal this week after the suspect forced his way into the man\u2019s apartment.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":148947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,25,216,240],"tags":[132,291,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-148946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-dgu","13":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"\nSEE ALSO: Illinois Institutes Universal Background Checks, Gun Confiscation Task Force<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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