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Officers were dispatched to the 9700 block of Sheehan Road shortly before 5 a.m. after a woman at the home reported that someone was attempting to break in, according to Centerville Public Information Officer John Davis.
News Center 7 obtained the 911 call through a public records request.
“We have someone trying to break into our house right now,” the woman told dispatchers.
While officers were on their way to the home, a “bang” that was believed to be a gunshot could be heard over the phone, Davis said.
Upon arrival, officers were met by a man at the front door who said that he had just shot an intruder in his home.
Officers then located Gibson lying on the floor inside the front door with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Davis said officers also located a 40-year-old female lying face down in the front lawn unresponsive but breathing. She was taken by medics to a local hospital for treatment for matters unrelated to the shooting.
No other injuries were reported.
"If you choose the behavior, you choose the consequences." Dr. Phil McGraw
There is audio of the 911 call, and a neighbor who claimed to have seen the car the man and woman were in prior to the shooting. This is a supposed nice safe community and hasn't had a shooting in over 20 years. Sounds like that particular house was targeted, but they haven't released a motive yet. The woman with the guy shot has by now probably told investigators the "why" (unless she lawyered up)
A neighbor told News Center 7 that the vehicle sat out front for at least an hour in the early morning darkness.
“Why would someone park out front, with lights on, then break into a house, right in front of them, that doesn’t make any sense,” the neighbor said.
Centerville police told News Center 7 Friday “Our investigators have been able to determine that the male and female were together and arrived at the scene in the same vehicle.”
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the man shot as 36-year-old Joseph Gibson.
His address is listed a few miles away from the shooting scene.
Police said they are working to answer the questions the incident is raising in the community.
Some might say breaking into or forcing their way into an occupied house "doesn't make any sense" but people do it all the time.
There is audio of the 911 call, and a neighbor who claimed to have seen the car the man and woman were in prior to the shooting. This is a supposed nice safe community and hasn't had a shooting in over 20 years. Sounds like that particular house was targeted, but they haven't released a motive yet. The woman with the guy shot has by now probably told investigators the "why" (unless she lawyered up)
A neighbor told News Center 7 that the vehicle sat out front for at least an hour in the early morning darkness.
“Why would someone park out front, with lights on, then break into a house, right in front of them, that doesn’t make any sense,” the neighbor said.
Centerville police told News Center 7 Friday “Our investigators have been able to determine that the male and female were together and arrived at the scene in the same vehicle.”
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the man shot as 36-year-old Joseph Gibson.
His address is listed a few miles away from the shooting scene.
Police said they are working to answer the questions the incident is raising in the community.
Some might say breaking into or forcing their way into an occupied house "doesn't make any sense" but people do it all the time.
As a friend of mine who was a prosecutor once said, "No one said that criminals are smart."
-- Mike
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