(MO) Intruder with stun gun shot by resident 08-25-04

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Sunset Hills homeowner kills intruder
By Heather Ratcliffe
Of the Post-Dispatch
08/25/2004

A homeowner in Sunset Hills fatally shot an intruder who pushed his way
into the house and used a “stun gun,” police said. It happened about 6
a.m. Wednesday in the 12600 block of Old Gravois Road, at a
relatively-isolated house surrounded by trees.

Police said the owner retrieved a small-caliber handgun before answering
a knock on his back door. A man standing outside asked for gasoline and
then forced his way in, shocking the resident with an electric stun gun,
investigators were told. The owner fired one shot into the chest of the
intruder, who turned and ran about 200 yards before falling dead.

Sunset Hills police said it appeared to be a justified use of a firearm
in self defense. They said there was no apparent connection between the
men, and surmised that the intruder had picked the house at random for a
robbery. Nobody else was seriously hurt. The homeowner’s name was not
released.

Police were trying to identify the dead man, who looked to be in his 20s
but carried no ID and did not appear to have a vehicle parked in the
area.

A resident in a nearby neighborhood reported to police that at about the
same time, a suspicious-looking man at the door asked to use a phone,
made a call and left. Detectives said they don’t know whether there is
any connection to the incident on Old Gravois.