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.
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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DeKalb Police still on scene of home invasion where father, protecting his two you kids, wrestled with one of 3 armed suspects, got gun away, and police say shot and killed one of the suspects. LIVE report next at 6am pic.twitter.com/Nqz4l9cPh2
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) March 15, 2018
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.
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