(IN) Woman shoots home invader 09-04-01

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Alleged home intruder shot, ‘critical’
By Masaaki Harada
The Journal Gazette

A Fort Wayne man was in critical condition at an area hospital late
Tuesday after a woman shot him as he tried to force his way into her
house early Tuesday, city police said.

Brian M. Bloebaum, 36, of Fort Wayne, was shot about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday
at the front door of a house in the 1400 block of Kenwood Avenue by
Evangeline Becker, 47, who lives there, police said.

Becker went to the front entrance after she heard glass breaking. She
saw Bloebaum armed with a weapon and fired a gun, police said.

Becker told police she fired a weapon and might have hit the intruder.

Officers found Bloebaum just west of the house, suffering from a gunshot
wound.

Police did not specify the type of weapon Bloebaum was carrying. Neither
Bloebaum nor Becker was arrested.

Officer Robin Thompson, a police spokeswoman, said the case remains
under investigation by Fort Wayne police and the Allen County
Prosecutor’s Office.