Homeowner Guns Down Intruder
POSTED: 6:25 am EST December 14, 2005
MACON -- A 75-year-old man shot and killed a burglar who came into his home.
Randolph Baker, 21, died at a hospital after being shot in the head Tuesday afternoon, Macon police Lt. Carl Fletcher said.
The resident, whose name was not released, returned home around 2:15 p.m. and found two intruders in his home, police said.
Police Capt. Wayne Avery said the man saw one intruder run from the living room to a bedroom and saw him climb out the window. But when the man turned around, he saw the second intruder -- later identified as Baker -- coming toward him, Avery said.
The homeowner fired a handgun once, hitting Baker.
"He's kind of shook up," Avery said of the homeowner.
Police returned to the neighborhood shortly before 5 p.m. and arrested Jerald Jerome Bright, 26, who is believed to have been Baker's accomplice. He has been charged him with burglary, said Sgt. Cornelius Pendleton.
The shooting seems to be a case of self defense, Fletcher said. But he said the case will be sent to the Bibb County district attorney, who will decide if charges will be filed.
"He reacted," Fletcher said of man. "That was his reaction to protect himself and his property."
Baker had been in the Bibb County jail 12 times in the past three years, Bibb County sheriff's spokesman Capt. David Davis said. Baker had cases pending in Bibb County Superior Court for obstruction, possession of cocaine and theft by receiving, according to the Bibb County Superior Clerk's Office.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press