Man fatally shot; homeowner claims self-defense

          

                                                                  

Police are investigating a fatal Thursday night shooting in which a resident said he fired in self-defense at a gunman trying to break into his East Foothills home.

Police went to the 3500 block of Pine Ridge Way near Clayton Road just before 8 p.m. on reports of shots fired. The man who called in the report met police and said an unknown man had tried to break into his home, and fired a gun in his direction. He said he then got his own firearm and shot at the suspect in self-defense. Two people then got into a car and quickly drove off, and the resident then called police. He was unharmed.
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