08-29-2013, 04:59 PM
Here is another one
Man, 73, shoots and wounds burglary suspect at his Oakland Park home
A burglary suspect, Kevin Madigan, 45 of Boca Raton was shot by an Oakland Park homeowner, officials said.
By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel
4:38 a.m. EDT, August 29, 2013
A 73-year-old Oakland Park man stood his ground Wednesday and now a burglary suspect is in the hospital recovering from several gunshot wounds, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.
Kevin Madigan, 45, of Boca Raton, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center. He was found bleeding and slumped at the wheel of a Toyota Camry that crashed into some bushes near Northeast 11th Avenue and 43rd Street in Oakland Park, sheriff's spokesman Mike Jachles said.
"His injuries were described as not life-threatening," he said. "There was stolen property recovered, a TV among other things, in his vehicle."
It started around 5 p.m. when the burglary suspect smashed a front window at a home on the 4400 block of Northeast 18th Avenue. A neighbor heard the glass shatter, came outside, saw the suspect putting stolen property in the car and she called 911 to give operators a description and tag number, Jachles said.
After loading up the car, the burglar attacked the woman to get her phone and that's when the 73-year-old man fired shots at the intruder, wounding him several times, he said.
"It appears this was a justifiable shooting," Jachles said. "Every indication is that the homeowner was defending himself, his property and his neighbor from being attacked by the intruder."
Madigan is accused of committing an occupied residential burglary but more charges are expected once he is well enough to be booked into the Broward County Jail.
Man, 73, shoots and wounds burglary suspect at his Oakland Park home
A burglary suspect, Kevin Madigan, 45 of Boca Raton was shot by an Oakland Park homeowner, officials said.
By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel
4:38 a.m. EDT, August 29, 2013
A 73-year-old Oakland Park man stood his ground Wednesday and now a burglary suspect is in the hospital recovering from several gunshot wounds, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.
Kevin Madigan, 45, of Boca Raton, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center. He was found bleeding and slumped at the wheel of a Toyota Camry that crashed into some bushes near Northeast 11th Avenue and 43rd Street in Oakland Park, sheriff's spokesman Mike Jachles said.
"His injuries were described as not life-threatening," he said. "There was stolen property recovered, a TV among other things, in his vehicle."
It started around 5 p.m. when the burglary suspect smashed a front window at a home on the 4400 block of Northeast 18th Avenue. A neighbor heard the glass shatter, came outside, saw the suspect putting stolen property in the car and she called 911 to give operators a description and tag number, Jachles said.
After loading up the car, the burglar attacked the woman to get her phone and that's when the 73-year-old man fired shots at the intruder, wounding him several times, he said.
"It appears this was a justifiable shooting," Jachles said. "Every indication is that the homeowner was defending himself, his property and his neighbor from being attacked by the intruder."
Madigan is accused of committing an occupied residential burglary but more charges are expected once he is well enough to be booked into the Broward County Jail.