LEWISVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say a neighbor of a North Carolina man who had just been assaulted and robbed during a home invasion shot in the direction of the suspects, killing a suspect.
Chief Deputy Brad Stanley of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office tells local media that at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday a break-in was reported at a Lewisville home. He says “several men” tried to break into a house and assaulted a resident.
During the incident, at least one person at the home was communicating with a nearby neighbor. Stanley says the neighbor went to the home and shot at the suspects. One suspect died at the scene.
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Stanley says investigators found a handgun next to the deceased man.
At this time, no charges have been filed. The investigation is ongoing.
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