BELGRADE, Mo. — A man suspected of trying to break into a rural southeast Missouri home is dead after being shot by a resident.
The Daily Journal newspaper in Park Hills, Missouri (https://bit.ly/1q8XqJf ) reports that the shooting happened Wednesday afternoon in the small town of Belgrade.
Capt. Zach Jacobsen of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department says an elderly resident saw a truck pull up very close to the home, then heard suspects kicking or hitting the door.
Jacobsen says the elderly man retrieved a pistol. As the door began to open he fired a single shot that struck the suspect in the head, killing him. Police are searching for two other suspects.
Jacobsen says officers found a baseball bat near the suspect’s body, and he was wearing gloves.
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