SeaTac homeowner shoots burglar
Feb 22, 2012, 6:28 AM | Updated: 8:45 am
A SeaTac homeowner shot a suspected burglar that entered his home Tuesday evening.
The man was reportedly asleep around 6 p.m. when he heard the sound of shattering glass.
“Apparently the homeowner was home sleeping, he heard the knock at the door. Then the doorbell rings. He didn’t answer it. Within a few minutes he heard somebody breaking in through the sliding glass door,” said King County Sheriff’s spokesperson Cindi West.
The homeowner grabbed a nearby gun, called 911, and remained on the phone with dispatch.
“When the dispatch was on the line with the victim then she heard a couple shots and the homeowner said he shot one of them,” said West.
The man was shot in the head, but was reportedly talking to medics when they arrived. He is expected to survive.
The other suspect remains at large.
