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Pettersen fired at the trio as they fled after an attempted break-in was interrupted. He said he intended to shoot the tires, but hit the driver instead.

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Prosecutors said that while the teen was “certainly in the wrong to begin with” Pettersen fired as he was fleeing and no longer a threat.

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Neighborhood residents told authorities that they had seen the woman around before, asking for a ride or trying to sell something, even attempting to break into at least one other home.

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Authorities later discovered that the homeowner and the suspect lived only a few doors from each other, but did not say what they believed was the motivation behind the break in.

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A would-be burglar got much more than he bargained for when he attempted to break into an apartment this week and the armed resident fired a single shot, hitting the him in the groin.

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When two young men went on an early morning crime spree in one California neighborhood the last thing they expected to encounter was a woman wearing a mumu… and carrying a shotgun.

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“I kept hearing almost like running, but definitely somebody was up on my roof or in the second story,” the woman said. “The emotions are growing stronger from fear to anger, to just disbelief."

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“I got my gun and got to the top of the stairs and thought if he comes through the door I will shoot him, and I told 911 that,” the woman told reporters.

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