{"id":210720,"date":"2024-12-24T04:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T10:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=210720"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:03:09","slug":"homeowner-shoots-intruder-who-escaped-from-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/homeowner-shoots-intruder-who-escaped-from-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowner Shoots Intruder Who Escaped From Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\">2<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Miami homeowner shot an attempted intruder who escaped from a car accident earlier this week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homeowner woke up Sunday morning to his dog barking. 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The homeowner allegedly asked the intruder to show his hands, which he did not do. The homeowner then reportedly told the intruder to get off the property, which the intruder also did not do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-intruder-shot\">Intruder Shot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he \u201cfeared for his family\u2019s life\u201d and shot twice at the intruder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homeowner then <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/dallas-man-kills-burglar-back-bed\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-intruder-who-escaped-from-car-accident\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Intruder Who Escaped From Car Accident\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"3428\">called the police<\/a>, who arrived and identified the intruder as Whitney Liberal, a 34-year-old man.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2024\/12\/16\/police-id-suspect-shot-by-homeowner-after-rollover-crash-in-northwest-miami-dade-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-intruder-who-escaped-from-car-accident\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Intruder Who Escaped From Car Accident\"><em> Local 10 News<\/em><\/a>, Liberal allegedly told police he had escaped from a rollover on the I-75 just before the home intrusion. 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