(IN) Woman shoots home invader 09-04-03
Posted on Wed, Sep. 03, 2003 (OOPS )
Alleged home intruder shot, 'critical'
By Masaaki Harada
The Journal Gazette
A Fort Wayne man was in critical condition at an area hospital late Tuesday after a woman shot him as he tried to force his way into her house early Tuesday, city police said.
Brian M. Bloebaum, 36, of Fort Wayne, was shot about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the front door of a house in the 1400 block of Kenwood Avenue by Evangeline Becker, 47, who lives there, police said.
Becker went to the front entrance after she heard glass breaking. She saw Bloebaum armed with a weapon and fired a gun, police said.
Becker told police she fired a weapon and might have hit the intruder.
Officers found Bloebaum just west of the house, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Police did not specify the type of weapon Bloebaum was carrying. Neither Bloebaum nor Becker was arrested.
Officer Robin Thompson, a police spokeswoman, said the case remains under investigation by Fort Wayne police and the Allen County Prosecutor's Office.
Posted on Wed, Sep. 03, 2003 (OOPS )
Alleged home intruder shot, 'critical'
By Masaaki Harada
The Journal Gazette
A Fort Wayne man was in critical condition at an area hospital late Tuesday after a woman shot him as he tried to force his way into her house early Tuesday, city police said.
Brian M. Bloebaum, 36, of Fort Wayne, was shot about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the front door of a house in the 1400 block of Kenwood Avenue by Evangeline Becker, 47, who lives there, police said.
Becker went to the front entrance after she heard glass breaking. She saw Bloebaum armed with a weapon and fired a gun, police said.
Becker told police she fired a weapon and might have hit the intruder.
Officers found Bloebaum just west of the house, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Police did not specify the type of weapon Bloebaum was carrying. Neither Bloebaum nor Becker was arrested.
Officer Robin Thompson, a police spokeswoman, said the case remains under investigation by Fort Wayne police and the Allen County Prosecutor's Office.
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