NEW CASTLE, Pa. — “It’s just crazy to know that that was just right next door.”
That’s how one neighbor on South Jefferson Street in New Castle was feeling Tuesday.
Early Monday morning, police said a neighbor on her street shot a man in the leg after they said the man broke into the home.
The neighbor didn’t want to be on camera, but said her street is always quiet.
“I’ve been here for four years, and this is a very quiet street,” she told Channel 11’s Andrew Havranek. “The kids go out and play every day, I mean, they’re always nonstop running around outside. It’s very quiet, nobody bothers you, I mean, the kids go to church right up the street, so that was just very alarming when I heard that. It was just like...Wow.”
Lt. Steven Brooks with the New Castle Police told Channel 11 the suspect is still in a Youngstown hospital and might be for some time. Charges have not been filed and he said the investigation is still ongoing.
Brooks said the man and the homeowner did not know each other. Right now, police do not expect charges to be filed against the homeowner.
“I’m so thankful he was able to protect his family,” the neighbor said. “I mean, luckily, he had that on him and he was able to do that. Sorry, it had to go to those lengths, but luckily he was there at that time to make sure his family was safe.”
That neighbor said she has cameras, but they didn’t catch anything.
“I definitely think I’ll be way more alert, definitely on high alert as of right now, just until everything’s under wraps and they figure out why they did it,” she said.
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