Police: Homeowner Opens Fire on, Kills Hammer-Wielding Intruder
A Trenton, New Jersey, homeowner shot and killed an alleged hammer-wielding intruder on Sunday just before 10:30 p.m.

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.
An alleged intruder was shot and killed Saturday at about 5:00 a.m. by a Granada Hills, California, homeowner.
An alleged intruder was hospitalized after a Frisco, Texas, homeowner opened fire on him Sunday night just after 8 p.m.
An alleged burglar in Vallejo, California, died Monday after the homeowner in the house he as allegedly breaking into opened fire just prior to 9:45 a.m.
A St. Louis man awoke to see an alleged intruder pointing a gun at his head and managed to shoot the suspect dead.
An alleged intruder died after a Wake Forest, North Carolina, homeowner opened fire on him Monday around 3:20 a.m.
A homeowner turned the tables on alleged armed intruders by opening fire on them, sending them fleeing from his front porch.
A Polk County, Texas, homeowner confronted an alleged intruder Thursday at his front door then shot the suspect in the head.
A Las Vegas elderly man’s son opened fire on alleged masked intruders at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, killing one and wounding another.
A Melbourne, Florida, apartment resident shot and killed one alleged intruder and wounded a second around 2:00 a.m. Sunday.
A Fayette County, Georgia, homeowner shot and wounded a murder suspect during an alleged home invasion just prior to 2:00 a.m. Thursday.
An alleged intruder was shot by a teenage boy around 10 p.m. Friday night after breaking the window of a Phoenix, Arizona, home.
A homeowner in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood shot an alleged intruder shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Labor Day.
Alleged would-be intruders — one of whom apparently masqueraded as a maintenance worker — attempted to enter an apartment by kicking the door but were dissuaded when the resident opened fire.
An alleged Hammond, Louisiana, intruder took off all his clothes and fled after being shot by a homeowner early Wednesday morning.
A Bakersfield, California, intruder was shot by a resident and hospitalized in critical condition after allegedly forcing his way into a home around 8 p.m. last Friday.
An alleged Foley, Alabama, home intruder was shot and killed Tuesday night at about 11:10 p.m. after he reportedly threatened the homeowner’s life.
Police officers found an alleged intruder in a ditch after a Colorado Springs homeowner opened fire on him Tuesday evening around 7:45.
An alleged intruder was shot dead Sunday morning after entering a Phoenix, Arizona, home, where he was confronted by the homeowner.
An alleged knife-wielding intruder was hospitalized after a Constantine Township, Michigan, homeowner shot him Friday night around 10 p.m.
A homeowner in Greece, New York, awoke to strange noises Monday morning, ascertained there was an intruder in the home and stopped the suspect with one shot.
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof used an April 22 op-ed to suggest his readers consider using bear spray against home intruders instead of firearms.
An alleged intruder kicked in the door to a home in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Wednesday afternoon and was shot dead by the individual renting the home.
Putnam County Sheriff H.D. ‘Gator’ DeLoach says an elderly Interlachen, Florida, woman made her “entire neighborhood safer” by shooting and killing an alleged armed intruder around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning.
The occupant of an El Mirage, Arizona, home opened fire Saturday evening, killing one of four alleged armed home intruders.
An alleged home intruder was shot four time by a Haines City, Florida, resident on Friday and afterward Police Chief Gregory Goreck warned other intruders, “We live in Florida … most people are armed.”
A Bosque County, Texas, homeowner shot and wounded an alleged intruder Tuesday night, then held the suspect at gunpoint for police.
An alleged intruder awoke a homeowner by attempting to enter the bedroom of a Pahrump, Nevada, home and was subsequently shot twice in the chest.
A man was shot dead Thursday night around 11:20 after allegedly entering a second story window of a Vancouver, Washington, home.
Armed concealed carry permit holders entered a St. Charles, Michigan, home on Friday morning and stopped an alleged home intrusion they had witnessed taking place in real time.