A woman shot her possibly estranged husband as he broke into a home in
the 6700 block of O’Grady Drive at about 6 p.m. Monday, police said. The
man died soon afterward.

Police at the scene said they did not know the status of the marriage of
the man and the shooter, but neighbors said the man, 23, was the woman’s
ex-husband. A neighbor said it was his understanding that the woman, 22,
had filed a restraining order against the man.
Police declined to give out the names of anyone involved in the
incident.

Several people were questioned at the scene.
Errick Townsend, a neighbor who was working at his home computer across
the street, said he heard a total of seven shots.

“I heard a ‘pop-pop.’ I thought it was a firecracker,” Townsend said.
“Then I heard this guy say, ‘What are you going to do, kill me?’ ” Then,
there was more gunfire, according to Townsend.

Police Cmdr. Mike Walsh said the weapon used in the shooting incident
was a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. He said he did not know who owned the
gun. The victimwas found inside the home, Walsh said.

After the shooting, residents in the usually quiet dead-end street
gathered as several police officers from 10 police vehicles milled in
and around the house.

Another neighbor, Valerie Sitton, said that the neighborhood had always
been a quiet and peaceful place but not lately.

Police had to go by the house where the shooting took place twice in the
past week,
Sitton and other neighbors said. Police at the scene could not confirm
if officers had been to the house recently.