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Joliet home invasion leads to fatal shooting, police say

A resident fired in self-defense after a man armed with a screwdriver forcibly entered her Joliet home, protecting herself and her infant child during the late-night invasion.

  • A woman heard someone breaking into her home, so she armed herself with a gun and hid with her child in a bedroom closet.
  • When the intruder, who was wearing gloves and had a screwdriver, entered the bedroom, the woman shot him in the head.
  • Police found signs of forced entry and the unresponsive intruder, who was pronounced dead at the scene and was not known to the woman.
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Mother hiding in closet with baby shoots, kills home invader, Illinois cops say

An Illinois mother shot and killed a man accused of breaking into her home at night, police say.

·Denver, United States
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