(IN) Woman shoots home invader 09-04-01

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(IN) Woman shoots home invader 09-04-03

Posted on Wed, Sep. 03, 2003 (OOPS )

Alleged home intruder shot, 'critical'
By Masaaki Harada
The Journal Gazette

A Fort Wayne man was in critical condition at an area hospital late Tuesday after a woman shot him as he tried to force his way into her house early Tuesday, city police said.
Brian M. Bloebaum, 36, of Fort Wayne, was shot about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the front door of a house in the 1400 block of Kenwood Avenue by Evangeline Becker, 47, who lives there, police said.

Becker went to the front entrance after she heard glass breaking. She saw Bloebaum armed with a weapon and fired a gun, police said.

Becker told police she fired a weapon and might have hit the intruder.

Officers found Bloebaum just west of the house, suffering from a gunshot wound.

Police did not specify the type of weapon Bloebaum was carrying. Neither Bloebaum nor Becker was arrested.

Officer Robin Thompson, a police spokeswoman, said the case remains under investigation by Fort Wayne police and the Allen County Prosecutor's Office.

 

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

Oh my God!! I used to live two blocks from there. My girlfriend still lives within one block of there. And I never knew any of that ever happened


That's downright freaky...

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Well, no wonder! It happened two years ago according to the story and title!

 

[El Tejon]

Yeah, home invasion in Fort Wayne. Now THAT'S a good idea!

 

[Standing Wolf]

Thanks, Ma'am! You've done yourself, your city, and the nation a kindness.

 

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

Two years ago or not, it still really disturbs me. I was living there at the time, and I somehow should have known that my neighbors were involved in a gunfight.

It's just a little too close to home. I used to walk my dog past that house almost every night. My girlfriend and I used to walk past that house whenever we went to visit each other.

In an unrelated event, my mother was attacked by a pair of pitbulls in that neighborhood. She barely managed to save her life by jumping into the back of a strangers unlocked car. That's when we decided to move out. Now to hear about homeowners having to shoot intruders in our neighborhood...

Makes me wonder if my nice, safe childhood neighborhood was as safe as I thought it was. Maybe I just got lucky...