{"id":155865,"date":"2021-12-13T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=155865"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:43:58","slug":"washington-man-kills-one-of-two-home-intruders-in-morning-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/washington-man-kills-one-of-two-home-intruders-in-morning-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Man Kills One of Two Home Intruders in Morning Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" title=\"Washington Man Kills One of Two Home Intruders in Morning Invasion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/washington-home-defense-shooting-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Washington Man Kills One of Two Home Intruders in Morning Invasion\" class=\"wp-image-155868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/washington-home-defense-shooting-2021.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/washington-home-defense-shooting-2021-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/washington-home-defense-shooting-2021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/washington-home-defense-shooting-2021-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Washington homeowner Jeremy Smith killed one of two home intruders in self-defense. (<em>Photo: KING 5<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Washington homeowner shot and killed one of two intruders in the early hours of the morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/wa-homeowner-intruder-gun-killed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"washington-man-kills-one-of-two-home-intruders-in-morning-invasion\" title=\"Washington Man Kills One of Two Home Intruders in Morning Invasion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last week<\/a>. The homeowner, Jeremy Smith, responded with force when he said two men kicked down his back door to get into the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith fired at the intruders and called the police just after 4 a.m. When police arrived they found one 24-year-old suspect unresponsive in his front yard from an apparent gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is, for all intents and purposes, with the lease, my property, and I will protect it,&#8221; Smith said to the local news. &#8220;I took action upon that, which was, unfortunately taking one life, and the other one ran,&#8221; said Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputies responding to the call did not find the second man and are still on the lookout for the suspect, who remains at large. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You get to talk about it a lot with your friends, or you get to talk about it with your family, and go, yeah we all carry, but you know, or this is what I would do, or this is what you would do, but it&#8217;s way different when it actually happens,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergeant Darren Moss, speaking for the Pierce County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, repeated that homeowners have the right to use force if they have to, but he still urged people to avoid direct confrontation and use force as a last resort whenever possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Call the police right away, let us come and handle the confrontation if possible,&#8221; said Moss. &#8220;If it moves to self-defense, we&#8217;ll figure that out when we get there for the investigation. But we always urge people to call 911 right away, focus on protecting yourself and your family; don&#8217;t try to go and initiate a confrontation with an intruder.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/indiana-woman-fatally-shoots-intruder-pretending-to-be-a-cop\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"washington-man-kills-one-of-two-home-intruders-in-morning-invasion\" title=\"Washington Man Kills One of Two Home Intruders in Morning Invasion\">Indiana Woman Fatally Shoots Intruder Pretending to Be A Cop<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith continued to say that it was unfortunate what happened, but that he felt he was justified in his decisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have the right to carry, and I have the right to protect myself, and I have the right to protect my property,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We practice; we never want to put it into action because it&#8217;s still a human life.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But my life is more important to me than theirs is,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Me going home to my family and my kid is more important than theirs is. I don&#8217;t know what they wanted out of this house, I don&#8217;t know what they were doing, but I don&#8217;t care.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith also said he doesn&#8217;t plan to relocate following the incident, that he won&#8217;t be scared to move, and that other Americans should feel the same way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington homeowner shot and killed one of two intruders in the early hours of the morning last week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":155868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[461,240],"tags":[132,291,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-155865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-max-slowik","8":"category-this-week","9":"tag-buzz","10":"tag-dgu","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Washington Man Kills One of Two Home Intruders in Morning Invasion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Washington homeowner shot and killed one of two intruders in the early hours of the morning last week. 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