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Pettersen fired at the trio as they fled after an attempted break-in was interrupted. He said he intended to shoot the tires, but hit the driver instead.

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Prosecutors said that while the teen was “certainly in the wrong to begin with” Pettersen fired as he was fleeing and no longer a threat.

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As the pursuit unfolded, police received a call about an armed robbery, but soon discovered the so-called victim was actually one of the burglary suspects.

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The boy's mother said she kept the gun in the home for protection, but that she never taught her son how to use it.

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The teen was killed outside of a Rockford home during what's described as a botched burglary, but now the resident who fired the fatal shot faces charges.

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Police went to the home after dispatchers received a 911 hang-up call and when they arrived could see the elderly man lying on the floor bleeding.

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An Oakland man suffered a gunshot to his head as he attempted to break into a El Cerrito home Wednesday, but that didn’t stop him from trying to run away from police.

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As the suspect lay in the front yard writhing about, the homeowner's wife apparently walked over to him, ripped off his mask and told him she would kick him if he moved.

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The machete worked this time, but the father of two said he's beefing up security and getting a gun.

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The elderly woman told authorities that she yelled out, warned the woman she was armed, and told her not to continue to try to get inside, but the suspect simply ignored her.

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Howard Murphy said he didn't want to the kill the suspect, he only wanted him off of him and out of his house. “Either I was going to get hurt or he was going to get hurt,” he said. “I know I didn't want to get hurt in my own house.”

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Both suspects are expected to survive, but will likely have life-changing injuries, one possibly paralyzed with a spinal cord injury, the other will probably lose an arm.

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