{"id":204870,"date":"2024-08-01T08:49:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=204870"},"modified":"2024-08-01T08:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:50:05","slug":"homeowner-shoots-intruder-after-neighbors-hear-screams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/homeowner-shoots-intruder-after-neighbors-hear-screams\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Neighbors Hear Screams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Man shot and killed by homeowner after trying to break into home in Oceanside\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ejO7E7NoSks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">3<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A homeowner in Oceanside, California, fatally shot an intruder who broke into his home earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-his-last-break-in\">His Last Break-In<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The intruder, a 22-year-old man, entered the home through a sliding door in the backyard around 7 p.m. Armed with a 3-foot-long wooden stake and a rock, the suspect climbed the stairs and entered a bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\/news\/local-news\/oceanside-home-invasion-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-intruder-after-neighbors-hear-screams\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Neighbors Hear Screams\"><em>Fox5<\/em><\/a>, the homeowner and his wife were in the bedroom when the intruder arrived. The suspect attacked throwing the large rock at the homeowner.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a neighbor, the rock broke the homeowner\u2019s nose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homeowner grabbed a firearm and shot three times at the intruder. One of the bullets hit him in the chest, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.10news.com\/news\/local-news\/oceanside-homeowner-shoots-intruder-pd-investigating-as-potential-self-defense\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-intruder-after-neighbors-hear-screams\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Neighbors Hear Screams\"><em>10News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the homeowner stayed in his home until police arrived.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The emergency personnel attempted to revive the intruder, but he died. The police are investigating and consider this a self-defense case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-not-the-first-offense\">Not The First Offense<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-31-201144.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-31-201144.jpg 987w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-31-201144-400x223.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-31-201144-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-31-201144-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neighbors were concerned after an intruder attempted seven home break-ins before being shot. (<em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/oceanside-resident-kills-home-invasion-suspect\/3581227\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-intruder-after-neighbors-hear-screams\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Neighbors Hear Screams\">ABC7<\/a><\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect did not make it farther than this final home, but according to Oceanside Police, he appeared to have attempted break-ins at seven other homes in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His preferred method of entry was sliding glass doors, and one neighbor reported that the intruder had broken his sliding glass door with a rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-neighbors-got-some-too\">The Neighbors Got Some Too<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Bracken told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/news\/local\/oceanside-resident-kills-home-invasion-suspect\/3581227\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-intruder-after-neighbors-hear-screams\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Neighbors Hear Screams\"><em>ABC7 <\/em><\/a>that he and his wife had been watching the Olympics. They heard a scream and then several gunshots. \u201cSomeone came out, called 9-1-1,&#8221; Bracken said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other neighbors reported similar stories. Sue Tran told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs8.com\/article\/news\/live_breaking\/man-shot-and-killed-by-homeowner-after-trying-to-break-into-home-in-oceanside\/509-a2e3cc55-c670-4f04-abfc-ab6d1bed157a\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-intruder-after-neighbors-hear-screams\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Neighbors Hear Screams\"><em>CBS8<\/em> <\/a>she had just arrived home when she saw neighbors run screaming. She saw the wife [of the homeowner] run out of the garage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt definitely could\u2019ve been my house, considering that he broke part of my fence, yeah it could\u2019ve been me,&#8221; Tran said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The neighborhood agreed that this is concerning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-concerned-neighbors\">Concerned Neighbors <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m scared, the homeless situation is getting worse, I do find random people walking through this clean, safe neighborhood from time to time and I just don\u2019t think it\u2019s getting any better,&#8221; Tran said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe honestly never thought anything like that would happen around here because it\u2019s so quiet,&#8221; Isabel Cole said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was just really crazy and unfortunate, but like we\u2019ve had problems in the past where we\u2019ve seen these people that are all on drugs, walking around the neighborhood, things like that. And finally one of them broke into the house and he paid the price,&#8221; Dwight Ivy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several neighbors supported the homeowner\u2019s use of a firearm in self-defense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-neighbors-support-self-defense\">The Neighbors Support Self-Defense<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Thank god we have our Second Amendment you, we have the right to bear arms and protect ourselves and that\u2019s what that man did and I applaud him for that,&#8221; Ivy said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe came in the bedroom where his wife was, I would have done the same thing.\u201d Bracken said, \u201cI mean, he has every right to defend himself, to defend his family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspect-breaks-into-two-homes-shot-by-homeowner\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-intruder-after-neighbors-hear-screams\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Neighbors Hear Screams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suspect Breaks Into Two Homes, Shot By Homeowner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one knows yet if the intruder was struggling with drugs or mental illness. But the neighbors are spooked either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have a constitutional right to defend yourself, your home, and your family. 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