79 yr old shoots 37 yr old pole barn intruder

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79 yr old shoots 37 yr old pole barn intruder

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The intruder was given a choice, and choose poorly. :roll:
BENZIE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A homeowner armed with a shotgun confronted and shot an intruder in his pole barn Tuesday night.

When the homeowner, a 79-year-old man, heard an intruder in the pole barn around 11:20 at his home in Inland Township he grabbed a shotgun and confronted the man, according to Benzie County Sheriff's Deputies.

After telling the man to get off his property, the homeowner reported the intruder came toward him in a threatening manner, deputies said.

Deputies said the homeowner fired a single shot and hit the the intruder in both legs.

The homeowner kept an eye on the man until police and an ambulance arrived at the home.

The 37-year-old intruder was taken to Munson Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, according to deputies.

The homeowner wasn't arrested.
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I bet that hurt.
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Sounds like all the proper steps were taken...... :wink:
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He should have aimed just a little higher and ensured that this thief's lineage was at an end. :twisted:
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