(SC) Resident kills intruder who pepper sprayed him 10-26-04

Man Shoots, Kills Intruder In Powdersville (SC) Tue, Oct 26, 2004, 11:30
AM
Local – WYFF TheCarolinaChannel.com

Sheriff’s deputies are at the scene of a fatal shooting in Powdersville
on Tuesday morning.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Dale McCard told WYFF News 4′s
Myra Ruiz that David Devita, 47, and his 7-year-old daughter were in
their Mountain
View Court home when Devita’s daughter said someone was at the door at
about
8:30.

McCard said that when Devita answered the door, he was hit with pepper
spray
by the man outside, who forced his way inside.

McCard said the intruder kept
using the pepper spray on Devita and his daughter.

The two men struggled into a bedroom, where Devita retrived a gun.
McCard said
that during the struggle, Devita shot the intruder. The intruder, who
has not
been identified, died at the scene.

McCard said investigators are trying to determine who the man was and
why he
attacked the homeowner.

WYFF News 4′s Myra Ruiz will have the latest on this story at noon, 5
and 6
p.m.

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