Intruder killed by elderly homeowner
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Intruder killed by elderly homeowner
No charges filed against 93-year-old
09/30/01
By Tara Young #Staff writer#
A 93-year-old man shot and killed an intruder who broke into his Abita
Subdivision home early Saturday, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office
said.
The St. Tammany Parish coroner’s office identified the victim as Michael
Patterson, 22, of Havelock, N.C. A coroner’s office spokesman said he
was in town visiting relatives in the Covington area.
An autopsy was completed Saturday. The results will be released to the
St. Tammany district attorney’s office, pending the completion of an
investigation into the shooting by the Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies received a call from Leo Pratt, who lives on Violet Street in
the Abita Subdivision, shortly before 4 a.m. Pratt told police he had
just shot an intruder in his home, said Tiffany Tate, a Sheriff’s Office
spokeswoman.
Pratt told deputies he was awakened when he heard someone apparently
breaking in his home by forcing open the front door. The intruder struck
Pratt, and Pratt said he grabbed a .38 caliber handgun he kept near his
bed and opened fire.
Patterson died at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, where he had been taken
for treatment. Pratt also was taken to the hospital to be checked for
injuries. He was later released, authorities said.
No charges are expected to be filed against Pratt, the Sheriff’s Office
said.
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