Austin home invasion suspect fatally shot by resident, no charges to be filed, police say
shot and killed a man who broke into their house early Tuesday morning, according to police.
A female resident of the home called 911 around 5:30 a.m. and said she was holding the door closed astried to knock it down. She later told a dispatcher that the suspect was attempting to break in through a window. Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a home intruder on Tuesday morning in North Austin, but no charges are expected to be filed at this time.
One of the residents shot and killed the suspect once he made his way into the home. Officers and emergency medical personnel arrived minutes later and pronounced the suspect deceased at 5:48 a.m. "When somebody unlawfully and with force tries to enter an occupied residence, the self-defense law is very clear in the Texas penal code," a spokesperson for the Austin Police Department said at a briefing outside the scene.
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