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Intruder fatally injured during home burglary
By BILL MONTGOMERY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A would-be burglar died early today after breaking into a Sandy Springs house by jumping head-first through a front window.
"This is a weird one, I must admit," said a puzzled Fulton County police major, Wenda Phifer. "Jumping through glass to get into, not out of some place...I don't know."
The mortally injured suspect attempted to struggle with officers, who dragged him out from under a bed before he collapsed from loss of blood, Phifer said. The 35-year-old man, more than 6 feet tall and 250 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes, died at Northside Hospital.
"He must have cut a main artery," said Phifer. Although the man had no identification on him, Phifer said detectives have some idea of who he may be.
The homeowner, whom police declined to identify, told detectives he and his wife were asleep upstairs in the two-story house on Colewood Way, west of Johnson Ferry Road, and when they were awakened at 2:40 a.m. by the sound of the shattering window.
"The victim ran into the hallway and yelled for the suspect to get out of his house," as the man rushed by him into the bedroom, Phifer said. The suspect slammed the bedroom door in the homeowners' face, she added. Somehow the homeowner's wife got out of the bedroom
The homeowner "grabbed his wife and two sons, and they all got out of the house safely," Phifer said.
Police answering a 911 call pulled the alleged intruder out from under the bed. "He was initially combative, but began to breath rapidly and in moments collapsed. He was in full cardiac arrest when medics arrived," Phifer said.
Phifer could not say whether detectives have any indication of what the man was looking for.
"He did have some money on him, but we don't know if it was taken from the house or if he already had it," Phifer said. Nothing else appears to have been taken, she said.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/northfulton/0503/08burglar.html
By BILL MONTGOMERY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A would-be burglar died early today after breaking into a Sandy Springs house by jumping head-first through a front window.
"This is a weird one, I must admit," said a puzzled Fulton County police major, Wenda Phifer. "Jumping through glass to get into, not out of some place...I don't know."
The mortally injured suspect attempted to struggle with officers, who dragged him out from under a bed before he collapsed from loss of blood, Phifer said. The 35-year-old man, more than 6 feet tall and 250 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes, died at Northside Hospital.
"He must have cut a main artery," said Phifer. Although the man had no identification on him, Phifer said detectives have some idea of who he may be.
The homeowner, whom police declined to identify, told detectives he and his wife were asleep upstairs in the two-story house on Colewood Way, west of Johnson Ferry Road, and when they were awakened at 2:40 a.m. by the sound of the shattering window.
"The victim ran into the hallway and yelled for the suspect to get out of his house," as the man rushed by him into the bedroom, Phifer said. The suspect slammed the bedroom door in the homeowners' face, she added. Somehow the homeowner's wife got out of the bedroom
The homeowner "grabbed his wife and two sons, and they all got out of the house safely," Phifer said.
Police answering a 911 call pulled the alleged intruder out from under the bed. "He was initially combative, but began to breath rapidly and in moments collapsed. He was in full cardiac arrest when medics arrived," Phifer said.
Phifer could not say whether detectives have any indication of what the man was looking for.
"He did have some money on him, but we don't know if it was taken from the house or if he already had it," Phifer said. Nothing else appears to have been taken, she said.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/northfulton/0503/08burglar.html
