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Intruder shot in deputy's home
By DAVID BRADVICA, STAFF WRITER
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - An off-duty San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a burglar Friday afternoon after he broke into his residence and approached him with a long knife, a San Bernardino County sheriff's spokesman said.
The wounded burglar, believed to be a juvenile, was expected to survive after he was flown by helicopter to an area hospital, where he underwent surgery Friday night, sheriff's spokesman Chip Patterson said.
Three other teen-agers were detained late Friday as possible suspects in the break-in, Patterson said.
The shooting occurred just moments after the off-duty deputy placed a 911 call at 3:37 p.m. to report that someone was breaking into his residence in the 12800 block of Colonnade Drive, Patterson said.
The deputy, whose name was not released Friday, told dispatchers that he heard glass breaking near the front of the home. The off-duty deputy then went to the front room and found two males crawling through a broken window.
When one of the males approached him with a long bayonet-type knife, the deputy fired a semi-automatic handgun more than once at him, striking him at least once, Patterson said.
Both males ran out the front door of the residence, where two other teen-agers were waiting. All were located by deputies responding to the 911 call, including the wounded suspect, who was found in a van that the suspects had parked in the neighborhood, witnesses said.
The tract of upscale homes near the corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Base Line Road is noted for the large number of law enforcement officers who live there, neighbors said.
Another off-duty police officer captured a burglary suspect two months ago after he tried to escape through his back yard, neighbors said.
"This is the wrong neighborhood to pick on," said neighbor Ernie Murphy, 61. "We're two for two so far and I hope the word spreads."
http://www.dailybulletin.com/Stories/0,1413,203%7E21481%7E1102813,00.html
By DAVID BRADVICA, STAFF WRITER
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - An off-duty San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a burglar Friday afternoon after he broke into his residence and approached him with a long knife, a San Bernardino County sheriff's spokesman said.
The wounded burglar, believed to be a juvenile, was expected to survive after he was flown by helicopter to an area hospital, where he underwent surgery Friday night, sheriff's spokesman Chip Patterson said.
Three other teen-agers were detained late Friday as possible suspects in the break-in, Patterson said.
The shooting occurred just moments after the off-duty deputy placed a 911 call at 3:37 p.m. to report that someone was breaking into his residence in the 12800 block of Colonnade Drive, Patterson said.
The deputy, whose name was not released Friday, told dispatchers that he heard glass breaking near the front of the home. The off-duty deputy then went to the front room and found two males crawling through a broken window.
When one of the males approached him with a long bayonet-type knife, the deputy fired a semi-automatic handgun more than once at him, striking him at least once, Patterson said.
Both males ran out the front door of the residence, where two other teen-agers were waiting. All were located by deputies responding to the 911 call, including the wounded suspect, who was found in a van that the suspects had parked in the neighborhood, witnesses said.
The tract of upscale homes near the corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Base Line Road is noted for the large number of law enforcement officers who live there, neighbors said.
Another off-duty police officer captured a burglary suspect two months ago after he tried to escape through his back yard, neighbors said.
"This is the wrong neighborhood to pick on," said neighbor Ernie Murphy, 61. "We're two for two so far and I hope the word spreads."
http://www.dailybulletin.com/Stories/0,1413,203%7E21481%7E1102813,00.html
