Dave P
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... in my neighborhood:
Widow shoots, kills intruder
Sheriff's agents say victim acted in self-defense
BY JIM WAYMER
and J.D. GALLOP
INDIALANTIC - Awakened by the sound of breaking glass late Sunday, a 64-year-old widow killed an intruder in her home with a single shot from a .38-caliber pistol, police said.
Judith Kuntz fired from about 10 feet, hitting the intruder in the chest, said Agent Lou Heyn of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. The man, who carried no identification, staggered into the yard, where he collapsed and died. Investigators still aren't sure who he was, or whether he had a connection to the neighborhood.
Heyn, who said Kuntz had never seen the man before, said the case is being treated as a lawful shooting.
"The bottom line is that when somebody enters your home like that, it's self-defense," he said. "Breaking into the house obviously shows some intent."
There was no answer at Kuntz's Ocean Park home Monday.
Neighbors praised her and her action.
"She's a very nice nurse and wouldn't hurt a fly," said Mike Sizemore, 37. "But she did what she had to do. When you're a thief, that's the risk you take."
Neighbors said there have been no recent break-ins or other incidents to suggest an escalating pattern of crime in the unincorporated community just north of Indialantic's Fifth Avenue.
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I would also like to note that the victim was not harrassed or arrested by the po-po, and there is no indication her weapon was siezed.
Widow shoots, kills intruder
Sheriff's agents say victim acted in self-defense
BY JIM WAYMER
and J.D. GALLOP
INDIALANTIC - Awakened by the sound of breaking glass late Sunday, a 64-year-old widow killed an intruder in her home with a single shot from a .38-caliber pistol, police said.
Judith Kuntz fired from about 10 feet, hitting the intruder in the chest, said Agent Lou Heyn of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. The man, who carried no identification, staggered into the yard, where he collapsed and died. Investigators still aren't sure who he was, or whether he had a connection to the neighborhood.
Heyn, who said Kuntz had never seen the man before, said the case is being treated as a lawful shooting.
"The bottom line is that when somebody enters your home like that, it's self-defense," he said. "Breaking into the house obviously shows some intent."
There was no answer at Kuntz's Ocean Park home Monday.
Neighbors praised her and her action.
"She's a very nice nurse and wouldn't hurt a fly," said Mike Sizemore, 37. "But she did what she had to do. When you're a thief, that's the risk you take."
Neighbors said there have been no recent break-ins or other incidents to suggest an escalating pattern of crime in the unincorporated community just north of Indialantic's Fifth Avenue.
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I would also like to note that the victim was not harrassed or arrested by the po-po, and there is no indication her weapon was siezed.