Indiana man and son get into shootout with 3 home intruders and realize wounded suspect is their relative, police say



A shoutout between a man and his son and three armed home intruders ended up with the victims realizing one of the suspects was a relative of theirs, according to Indiana police.

Darrell Gibbs told WXIN-TV that he was awakened from his sleep at about 4 a.m. on Sunday by the sounds of six to eight gunshots coming from the back of his home in southwest Indianapolis.

'I have no sympathy for anybody doing that. You don’t do that to family.'

”I was in bed asleep, and then I hear the gunfire,” Gibbs said. “And my son taps on the door and tells me what’s happening, and I get dressed and come out back.”

Gibbs says three armed men damaged his back door trying to kick it in. One of them was wounded by gunshots from Gibbs' son firing back at them.

“I see the intruder laying here on the ground, and he wanted me to make a call for him," said Gibbs.

The alleged intruder told him, “You know me, you know me," according to Gibbs.

“You don’t come knocking in somebody’s back door," Gibbs continued, "and he lost his gun on this side of the ground over by the fire pit, and he was laying there in the weeds there.”

The man said that they eventually figured out that the wounded man was their relative.

“It was little Matt, my nephew’s son," Gibbs claimed.

The man, identified as 24-year-old Matthew Kinniard II, reportedly told Gibbs that he could not feel his legs.

”I used my phone to call 911 to get somebody out here, the ambulance for him and stuff, and I even made a call to his grandmother with my phone and lift up the speaker so he could talk and his girlfriend,” Gibbs continued. “If I seen him walking down the street, I couldn’t have told you who he was. That’s how often I been around him.”

Gibbs said that the two other suspects ran away, got into a car that was parked at a church nearby, and then sped away.

'He thought he could hit a lick here, and it didn’t pan out for him.'

When Gibbs was asked if there was anything worth stealing in his home, he said no.

“No, I work hard enough just to pay the bills," he responded. ”Somebody has probably told him lies, and he thought he could hit a lick here, and it didn’t pan out for him."

Gibbs said police interviewed his son but released him.

”I don’t really wish the worst on anybody, but I have no sympathy for anybody doing that. You don’t do that to family. It shouldn’t even be heard of, you know.”

WXIN reported that Kinniard is still in the hospital. Police said they are searching for the other two intruders and are reviewing surveillance video from the neighborhood.

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PA DA says woman will not face charges after shooting and killing home intruder in her basement: 'She did nothing wrong'



A Pennsylvania district attorney says a woman who shot and killed a home intruder will not face charges because of the Castle Doctrine state law.

Beaver Falls police said a woman was alerted by the sounds of a door slamming and glass breaking in her basement on Wednesday in the middle of the night at about 5 p.m.

She armed herself with her 9mm handgun and went downstairs to investigate and found a stranger in her basement.

"The door to her basement opened and there stands this guy who she had no idea who he was, and she ended up shooting him three times and killing him," said Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible to KDKA-TV.

The woman showed KDKA the small basement window that the alleged intruder broke in order to get inside of her home. She told police she had never met the man before.

KDKA asked Bible whether the woman did the right thing.

"I think so. In that situation from a legal standpoint, yes, she did nothing wrong," he responded. "If someone enters your house, they are making that conscious decision. They are there to steal from you or hurt you in other ways. You have that right to protect yourself and use deadly force."

Bible also said that the woman had a legal right to own the gun. She was questioned by police about the incident and then released.

Police later identified the alleged home intruder as 49-year-old Brent Alan Farmer.

KDKA asked Bible what people could do to protect themselves if they don't have a gun.

"There are classes to learn self-defense, get a big dog to help you," he replied. "Outside of having a firearm, anything can be used as a weapon."

Beaver Falls Police and Beaver County detectives are still investigating the incident.

The city of Beaver Falls has about 9,000 residents and is located about 31 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

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Homeowner shoots one intruder, other intruder commits suicide during 'targeted' home invasion, California police say



California police are investigating a bizarre alleged home invasion that was thwarted by an armed homeowner and led to one suspect getting shot and the other committing suicide.

The Newport Beach Police Department said they were called to the site of a possible home invasion at about 4:45 in the morning on Tuesday. The caller had indicated to police that someone in the home had shot one of the two suspects involved in the invasion.

When they arrived at the home on Vista Luci, they found a man with multiple gunshot injuries outside with a shotgun next to him. The man was transported to a local hospital for treatment, and he is expected to survive.

Police then began a search for the second suspect in the home invasion.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department was able to find the second suspect hiding in bushes near the home. A short time later, he was found to have apparently killed himself by shooting himself in the head.

Sgt. Steve Oberon with the NBPD told reporters in a media briefing that they believed the incident was not a random home invasion but was a targeted incident.

He went on to say that they believe the family knew either both of the suspects or one of them and that the incident was not necessarily a robbery.

News helicopter footage showed the large police response as several armed officers from the SWAT team approached the front door and searched the second floor.

The man shot the two suspects with a 9mm rifle, according to police, and he was in the home with two females and a child.

Newport Beach Mayor Will O'Neill issued a forceful statement against anyone who was considering committing crimes in his city.

"I can tell you right now, if you come into Newport Beach to commit a crime, we will defend ourselves, and today is an example of that," said O'Neill.

KTTV-TV reported that the home was located inside a wealthy and exclusive Pelican Heights neighborhood. The gated community is guarded by private security patrols 24 hours a day. Police believe the suspects gained access to the home because they were known to the intended victims.

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Elderly man shoots and kills nearly naked home intruder who assaulted him and his wife, PA police say



An elderly man and his wife were violently attacked by a home intruder but he was able to shoot and kill the suspect, who was nearly naked at the time.

Pennsylvania State Police said that 54-year-old Steven David Schaffer had tried to get into another home in Berwick Township and other people's cars before he assaulted the couple who are in their seventies.

They said that Schaffer was nude during the attack except for a t-shirt.

During the attack the husband told his wife to get their gun from their bedroom. Police said that Schaffer followed the woman and "violently attacked" her while she tried to retrieve the gun. The husband was able to get the gun and shoot Schaffer several times, killing him.

The woman who was attacked was airlifted to a hospital where she is listed in critical condition.

Police said that Schaffer lived down the street from the elderly couple, but that they were not acquainted.

"Obviously this is a very sad situation," said Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Mark Magyar. "We all have an expectation to safety and privacy in our homes and not to have somebody come in and intrude the way that Mr. Schaefer did.

Other residents of the neighborhood were disturbed by the incident.

"It’s close to home and you’re out with your kids doing things or even home with your kids," said Amanda Collins to WPMT-TV. "Not everyone locks their doors when they’re home. You’re supposed to be safe in your house."

"I actually live down the road like two, three minutes down the road. I was at work and I was just like, here we go again," said Brooke Forbes.

"The world isn’t getting any better," she added.

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