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A homeowner in Santa Paula fended off two intruders early Tuesday morning when she fired a shot at the men.

It happened at 1:30 a.m. on the 13000 block of Telegraph Road.

Police say the family’s dog woke them, growling and barking inside the house. The homeowner walked down a hallway, armed with a handgun and confronted one suspect, who then challenged the homeowner.

Police say the homeowner shot in self defense and the suspects ran.

From 12/31/2008 KEYT3.com

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Tulsa, Oklahoma -  During an exchange of gunfire, a man shot and killed a 15-year-old trying to burglarize his home, police said.

Authorities said Cody Ray Payne and two other teens broke into the home about 3 a.m. Tuesday.

When officers arrived at the house on N Irvington Avenue, they found Payne’s body beside a rifle in the front yard.

A woman in the house had a “bullet graze to the stomach,” according to police. She was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Witnesses told police three black males, possibly in their late teens, kicked in the front door. One of the men was carrying a rifle, they said. The homeowner grabbed a handgun.

The homeowner, whose name was not released, shot the 15-year-old at least once in the torso, police said. The others ran.

From: December 24th, 2008 NewsOK

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This story is an excellent reminder that lethal threats can come from people of any age.  Had the home owner not been armed and willing to use lethal force to defend himself and the woman this story could have ended far differently.

PEMBROKE PINES - A convenience store clerk didn’t let a would-be robber get away unhurt in an alleged attempted robbery in Pembroke Pines Monday night.

Pines Police say three to four men tried to rob the Stop and Go Food Store located at 7761 Johnson Street. When police got there, one of the men was still there, shot in the leg inside the store. They say the store clerk shot him, and possibly another one of the suspects who got away.

The clerk was not hurt.

From December 29th, 2008 CBS4

Colorado Springs police are investigating a man’s death on Sunday night in what apparently was a “make my day” case.

Officers were called to an address on Virginia Avenue just before 10 p.m. on a report of a burglary, police said in a news release.

The first officers on the scene found a man outside the house with a gunshot wound. He was dead and identified this afternoon as Sean Kennedy, 22, of Colorado Springs.

Two people were home when police were called, the release said. The investigation found that Kennedy was trying to break into the home through the back door “when he was confronted and shot at least once by a resident of home.”

From 12/29/2008 The Denver Post

From: December 9th, 2008 azcentral.com

A Coolidge man was shot twice when he reportedly forced his way into a Gilbert house near Higley and Riggs roads Tuesday morning.

Richard Lopez, 24, knocked on the homeowner’s front door in the 3000 block of East Ravenswood Drive sometime around 10:17 a.m. Gilbert police say that the homeowner armed himself when Lopez began kicking in the front door.

Lopez entered the house and, during the ensuing confrontation, he was shot in the face and his upper torso, according to Sgt. Mark Marino of Gilbert police.

Marino said at this time the homeowner won’t be charged by the Gilbert police.