OK - Homeowner takes a shot at burglar (Good Video!)

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Homeowner takes a shot at burglar
May 19, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY -- One burglar may be considering a different profession
after nearly losing his life during a break-in, last Wednesday.

Heather Fitzgerald says she was checking e-mail in her garage with the
garage partially open. Shortly before 3:00 a.m., however, an intruder
crawled in.

Heather immediately worried for her children, who were sleeping inside
the home. She grabbed her 9-milimeter pistol and fired two shots at
the man.

Police do not believe he was hit because they found no blood at the
scene. As he was running away, she says she lined up the gun's laser
sight on his back, but did not pull the trigger again, most likely
sparing his life.

"I just, I couldn't do it," Fitzgerald says. "And it took everything
that I had, not to. Seems like you should be able to be in your own
garage at night when it's dark and not have to worry about that kind
of stuff."

That suspect is still on the loose. Heather says she did not get a
good look at his face, however he was wearing jeans and a dark-colored
hoodie.

Police say she was well within her rights to use deadly force to
protect herself on her property, which follows an Oklahoma statute
known as the "Make My Day" law.
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