[A .410 beats screaming for help, but you might want something with a little more authority. Like a .30-06]
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TheDenverChannel.com
Police: Home Invasion Shootout Leaves Intruder Dead
Craig Homeowner, Gunman Exchange Gunfire
POSTED: 5:24 am MST March 27, 2006
UPDATED: 12:12 pm MST March 27, 2006
CRAIG, Colo. -- A 60-year-old Moffat County man was identified Monday as the victim of a home invasion shootout in Craig.
Police said they were dispatched to a home in the 800 block of Washington Street at about 5:40 p.m. on Sunday on a report of a home invasion.
Officers found Mario Vigil lying on a floor outside a bedroom and medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.
The officers then found the homeowner and his 9-year-old son hiding in a bedroom.
An investigation revealed the homeowner saw Vigil trying to break into the front door with the butt end of a rifle. The homeowner grabbed a .410 shotgun and shot the intruder in the chest as he entered the home, but the shot did not stop him, police said.
The homeowner and his son ran into a back bedroom where the homeowner grabbed a 30-06 rifle and started loading it. Police said the intruder fired two rounds from a 30.30 rifle through the closed bedroom door. He then began to break down the door and was shot in the hip by the homeowner.
Police determined that Vigil was involved in a domestic violence case with the mother of the homeowner. Neither the homeowner or the mother were identified.
An initial investigation revealed the shooting was justifiable and was in self defense, police said.