AR: Shots fired at armed midnight intruder

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Shots fired at armed midnight intruder
Thursday May 3, 2007

Responding to a call for help around midnight, the parents of Rebecca Little
of 150 County Line Road arrived to see a man armed with a shotgun fleeing
from the residence.

When told to stop, the man reportedly turned and pointed the shotgun at the
parents, and a shot was fired at him in return before he fled into a wooded
area.

Sgt. Mike Price with the Independence County Sheriff's Office said Little
told him that she was awakened by someone knocking and then pounding on her
door around midnight.

Unable to see anyone outside, Little said she called her mother and
step-father, Tony and Debbie Mesa, to come to her house.

"When they arrived they saw a white man, approximately 18 to 25 years old in
a white T-shirt and jeans with short blond hair, run from the area of the
house near the master bedroom into the backyard," Price said.

"The suspect was carrying a shotgun with a black synthetic stock. Mr. Mesa
yelled for the suspect to stop and at that time the suspect turned around to
face Mr. Mesa in a threatening manner. Mr. Mesa stated he then fired his
pistol at the suspect, but didn't' believe he had struck the suspect," Price
said.

The intruder then reportedly fled into a nearby wooded area in the direction
of Marce Lane, and the family left the residence to call police, mistakenly
leaving a door unlocked.

Price said when officers arrived they searched the area but couldn't find
anyone and then called for Little to return home.

After the family left someone reportedly entered the home, pulled a bed
comforter and sheets from a bed and threw them in the floor. Two other
comforters, a cell phone on a charger and a package of diapers were
reportedly taken from other areas of the residence.

No suspects were listed at the time of the incident, according to Price.



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