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NC:Police: Home intruder shot, killed at Charlotte apartment
myfox8.com ^ | 7 April, 2013 | Joe Borlik

Posted on 04/22/2013 1:59:47 PM PDT by marktwain

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police said they are investigating after a home intruder was shot and killed while trying to force his way into a Charlotte apartment.

WBTV reported that the shooting happened around 3 a.m. Sunday at the Alta Grove apartments on Season Grove Lane in northwest Charlotte.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg homicide investigators said the intruder was shot after struggling over a weapon with the man who lived there.

Authorities said the apartment resident suffered a minor gunshot wound to the hand. They said a woman was also at the apartment and was not injured.

Officials said the intruder was pronounced dead at the scene. They said his name and other identifying information is being withheld until his family is notified.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: banglist; defense; guncontrol; home; nc; secondamendment
The number of burglaries will continue to drop.
1 posted on 04/22/2013 1:59:47 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Sure with hold is name, but why other identifying info?


2 posted on 04/22/2013 2:02:47 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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Why does Chris Matthews and the DNC get so freaked when one of the party constituents gets x’ed out?

They guy will be voting for decades.


3 posted on 04/22/2013 2:03:16 PM PDT by NoLibZone (None here can be puzzled by why Jews walked into the cars so quietly- we are walking up the planks.)
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Officials said the intruder was pronounced dead at the scene.

I'll bet the criminal won't try that again very soon. Who says criminals can't reform or be helped to improve their lives?

4 posted on 04/22/2013 2:07:33 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: Standing Wolf; marktwain

” I’ll bet the criminal won’t try that again very soon. Who says criminals can’t reform or be helped to improve their lives? “

LOL


5 posted on 04/22/2013 2:26:34 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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Yes, but the lib body snatchers will count this as a “victim of gun violence” you know....


6 posted on 04/22/2013 2:28:48 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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Per caught, perp shot. Sounds like a happy ending to the story..


7 posted on 04/22/2013 2:38:04 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: ScottinVA

It appears that the ‘death’ penalty is a very effective deterrent. The guilty party is effectively deterred from ever committing any crimes ever again.


8 posted on 04/22/2013 4:11:36 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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