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Father shoots, kills armed intruder to protect kids, police say

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia father home with his two children wrestled an armed intruder to the ground and shot him to death early Thursday, DeKalb County police said.

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About 12:20 a.m., three people broke into the man's Covington Glen apartment in the 1700 block of Thicket Way, Lt. Lonzy Robertson said.

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The other two intruders got away, police said.

“The homicide unit responded and declared this a justified shooting,” Robertson said.

No other injuries were reported in the incident.