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(2-27) 13:19 PST HEALDSBURG -- An armed man wearing a black, ninja-style mask was shot to death by a Healdsburg man this morning after he attacked the man's wife outside their home and chased her inside, police said.
The shooting happened about 7:30 a.m. at the end of Sunset Drive, a semi-rural street on the east side of town.
The woman was about to take the couple's two Wheaton terrier dogs for a walk when the masked man jumped her outside her garage, police said. The woman struggled, broke away and ran screaming into the house, with the attacker in pursuit.
Her screams awoke her husband. The man, whom police identified only as a man in his 60s, "grabbed their handgun, probably a .357 ... and fired more than one shot," Police Chief Susan Jones said.
The intruder "had what looked like a firearm in his hand," Jones said. He died at the scene. His identity has not been released.
"The husband is fine. He's uninjured," Jones said. "The wife is being treated for a head injury that she sustained sometime during the struggle, but she's going to be fine."
Jones said the intruder may have been hiding behind some garage cans, waiting for someone to emerge from the home.
The chief said the incident "is completely out of the blue" for the town.
"Actually, our crime has been down this year. This is really unusual," she said. "It's really frightening if this is a random act."
E-mail Jim Doyle at [email protected].
(2-27) 13:19 PST HEALDSBURG -- An armed man wearing a black, ninja-style mask was shot to death by a Healdsburg man this morning after he attacked the man's wife outside their home and chased her inside, police said.
The shooting happened about 7:30 a.m. at the end of Sunset Drive, a semi-rural street on the east side of town.
The woman was about to take the couple's two Wheaton terrier dogs for a walk when the masked man jumped her outside her garage, police said. The woman struggled, broke away and ran screaming into the house, with the attacker in pursuit.
Her screams awoke her husband. The man, whom police identified only as a man in his 60s, "grabbed their handgun, probably a .357 ... and fired more than one shot," Police Chief Susan Jones said.
The intruder "had what looked like a firearm in his hand," Jones said. He died at the scene. His identity has not been released.
"The husband is fine. He's uninjured," Jones said. "The wife is being treated for a head injury that she sustained sometime during the struggle, but she's going to be fine."
Jones said the intruder may have been hiding behind some garage cans, waiting for someone to emerge from the home.
The chief said the incident "is completely out of the blue" for the town.
"Actually, our crime has been down this year. This is really unusual," she said. "It's really frightening if this is a random act."
E-mail Jim Doyle at [email protected].
