Posted: 9/19/2005 2:48:11 PM EDT
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Text of the article (with commentary, of course! ) Man shot dead in Macon home invasion
By Bill Passonno and Ayanna McPhail
TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITERS
A Mercer law student shot and killed a still-unidentified intruder who broke into his Walnut Street home early Sunday, Macon police said.
The incident, which police said was the city's first burglary-shooting death of the year, occurred on the 1000 block of Walnut Street.
The intruder smashed a downstairs locked window, said Macon Sgt. Cornelius Pendleton, and police believe he intended to burglarize the home. Police received a 911 call reporting the break-in about 12:12 a.m.
Frederick Taylor, 21, and his companion, 22-year-old Adrienne Warren, were in the upstairs bedroom when they heard glass break, police said. Warren stayed upstairs and called 911, while Taylor went downstairs. He saw the intruder at the bottom of the steps, Pendleton said. companion... nice way to put it
Taylor shot and killed the intruder about four minutes after the initial 911 call came in, said Melanie Hofmann, Macon police public information officer. She said the intruder was shot in the upper torso and pronounced dead at the scene. good aim, Mr. Taylor. Saved us the cost of a trial and prison.
The Bibb County District Attorney's office will determine whether Taylor will face charges, Hofmann said.
Nicki Frady, 20, a Mercer junior, lives across the street from the shooting scene. She said she didn't hear anything, but saw some police lights and walked onto her porch. Ohhh, I'm impressed. The reporter found a witness who could confirm that the police were there. How about something I really want to know - is she hot? Is that why the reporter talked to her?
"It's pretty terrifying, it could have easily been us. The person could have easily walked this way," she said. "Around here, you have to be careful. It seems like a nice neighborhood, but in Macon, one street is different from the other." Get a gun, then you don't have to be as terrified. Wake up - there are evil people in the world.
The burglar had no identification on him and has not been identified, officials said. I llike the fact that the media doesn't refer to the burglar as "The VICTIM"
Bibb County coroner Leon Jones said the intruder is was a black male about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 150 pounds. He has several tattoos: On his right arm, a "Hell 4 a Hustler" tattoo and under that, a heart with the name "Susie." On the left arm is the name "April" and a tattoo that says, "Only God Can Judge Me" with a cross, Jones said. My guess is that when Tattoo #4 actually comes to fruition, that God will direct said burglar to refer to Tattoo #1
Anyone with information about the intruder's identity should call the Bibb County coroner's officer at 621-6314.If they don't identify him, let me be the first to suggest this name for the death certificate: "Dead F. Burglar." The story reads better without the guy's name, anyway.
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