Home Intruder

An alleged intruder is dead after a West Chester Township, Ohio, homeowner found him in his residence at 3:30 a.m. Sunday and opened fire. 

Las Vegas Police said an officer who responded to a 911 call Tuesday killed the person who had dialed 911 instead of the alleged intruder.

An alleged intruder was shot multiple times by a DeSoto, Texas, homeowner after reportedly following her home and trying to make entry through her garage door.

An alleged intruder in his 30s is in critical condition after a homeowner near 70 years of age opened fire on him Monday night some time after 11 p.m. 

An alleged intruder died Tuesday at the hospital after being shot by an Albuquerque homeowner shortly before 4:00 a.m.

An alleged intruder was shot twice with a shotgun by an El Cerrito, California, resident Tuesday mid-morning and survived to receive treatment for his injuries.

An alleged intruder armed with a shovel was fatally wounded Tuesday by a Houston, Texas, homeowner armed with a gun.

A “partially clothed” alleged intruder was shot and killed around 9:00 a.m. Wednesday after reportedly attacking the homeowner’s family dog.

An alleged intruder entered a Kent, Washington, home early Tuesday morning, went into the bedroom, turned on the light, and was shot by the homeowner who was in bed in the room.

An alleged intruder was shot around 4 a.m. Saturday morning after reportedly assaulting a Phoenix, Arizona, homeowner.

Police indicate a Scott City, Missouri, homeowner acted in self-defense Saturday when he shot and fatally wounded an intruder who kicked in the back door of the home.

A machete-wielding alleged intruder gave things a second thought and walked away after a Texas homeowner grabbed a 9mm and pointed it at him.

An 85-year-old Riverton, Wyoming, homeowner fought then shot an alleged home intruder Friday around 11 p.m.

A Trigg County, Kentucky, homeowner shot and killed an alleged intruder late Friday night following an altercation.

A homeowner in Los Angeles opened fire on numerous alleged intruders Monday around 3 p.m., critically wounding one. 

An alleged intruder was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot by a home occupant in Tampa, Florida, Saturday just before 4:20 a.m.

A homeowner armed with a shotgun killed an alleged intruder who reportedly lunged at him just before 1:00 a.m. Sunday.

An apartment tenant in Houston’s Alief suburb managed to wrest a gun away from an alleged intruder and shoot him dead with it on Wednesday.

A U.S. Army Colonel reportedly shot and killed an alleged Chechen intruder outside the Colonel’s residence just north of Fort Liberty.

A Kissimmee, Florida, woman shot and wounded an alleged home intruder on May 21 after he moved through the house and entered the bedroom in which she and her family were hiding. 

An alleged intruder is dead after a Beaver County, Pennsylvania, woman opened fire on him with a 9mm pistol at about 5:00 a.m. Wednesday.

An alleged intruder was found wounded in the street and a second was found dead in the bushes after a resident opened fire on them in California. 

An alleged home intruder in San Antonio, Texas, died Saturday shortly after being shot multiple times by a homeowner around 9 p.m.

One alleged intruder is dead and a second one injured Friday after a Philadelphia woman discovered them inside her apartment and opened fire. 

Sheriff Bob Johnson of Santa Rosa County, Florida, stands by 2022 comments he made encouraging homeowners to shoot intruders and points out the odds of a dead intruder committing another offense are “zero.”

A Trenton, New Jersey, homeowner shot and killed an alleged hammer-wielding intruder on Sunday just before 10:30 p.m.

An alleged intruder in his 50s was shot and killed Wednesday just before 4:00 a.m. in St. Louis’s Central West End.

Three intrusion suspects in Marysville, Washington, opened fire on a homeowner and fled when the homeowner returned fire, wounding one of the three suspects. 

An alleged Phoenix, Arizona, home intruder was apprehended by police and transported to a hospital for treatment after being shot Thursday night by a homeowner. 

A Carroll County, Mississippi, mother shot and wounded an alleged knife-wielding home intruder Monday to save her three children.

A woman in a Bartlesville, Oklahoma, apartment shot and fatally wounded an alleged intruder early Friday morning.

An Indianapolis, Indiana, homeowner who shot and killed an intruder on Tuesday said, “I shot him with his own gun.”

An alleged intruder was hospitalized Monday after kicking in the front door of a Blair, Wisconsin, home and being shot by the homeowner. 

An alleged home intruder was hospitalized in critical condition after a Mascotte, Florida, homeowner opened fire on him shortly after 6:00 a.m. Thursday.

An alleged armed intruder died Saturday night after an Essex, Maryland, homeowner shot him numerous times. 

A Sandy Springs, Georgia, homeowner shot and killed an alleged intruder Sunday morning around 2:15 a.m. in an effort to protect his family.