Andrew Rothman
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Posted on Mon, Jul. 18, 2005
Mother of four shoots man after break-in
The Kansas City Star
A mother of four shot a man in the head early today after she said he broke into her Kansas City home.
The man showed up at her home near 34th Street and Norton Avenue about 4 a.m. and banged on the door, police said. The woman refused to let him in, but he eventually broke through the door. The woman then shot him. Her children inside were not hurt.
Hospital staff told police they expected the man to survive. The bullet may have glanced off his head, police said.
Homicide Sgt. Keith Kirchhoff said the intruder was not a complete stranger to the woman. He said she "knew of him," but it was unclear what his intentions were this morning.
"We don't know the purpose," Kirchhoff said. "I could only guess."