Homeowner Takes Gun From, Shoots Invader
19-Year-Old Taken To Hospital With Gunshot Wound
POSTED: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
UPDATED: 5:17 pm EDT October 15,
2008
MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A homeowner apparently wrestled a gun away from a home invader Wednesday afternoon and shot the man, Marion County sheriff's deputies said.
Three males kicked in the door of a home on Pine Run Terrace in Marion County around 1:15 p.m. and beat two residents at gunpoint, deputies said.
The homeowner somehow retrieved the assailant's gun and shot him, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
The culprits, including the one who was shot, then fled the home, deputies said.
A short time later, a 19-year-old man identified as Latwain McLaren was dropped off at Munroe Regional Medical Center suffering from a gunshot wound, deputies said. He underwent surgery in critical condition, according to the sheriff's office.
Detectives said they have located a second person who is being questioned about the incident. A third person, described as a clean-shaven white man with a shaved head and a thin build is being sought.
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