(PA) Teenager kills violent home intruder 12-19-04

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Teen kills attacker at Fayette County home

By Mary Pickels
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, December 19, 2004

A 17-year-old boy killed a man who had kicked in the front door of a
Fayette County home early Saturday and begun beating another man, state
police said.

The teen retrieved a handgun from inside the North Union home and shot
the 21-year-old man who had been hitting Jerome Zuzak, 39, of Dunbar,
Fayette County, repeatedly in the head, face and upper body, state
police said. Authorities identified neither the shooter nor the victim.

Zuzak argued with the attacker after he came to the Washington Street
home at 3:30 a.m.
Zuzak called police to report the incident, but the man was gone by the
time officers arrived. He came back a short time later, forced his way
into the home and began beating Zuzak, police said.

After the teen shot the man once, he struggled to the front door, fell
and died at the scene, police said.

Police declined to say whether the teen would face charges.

State police in Uniontown and Fayette County Coroner Phillip E. Reilly
declined to provide further details.

Zuzak declined to comment last night.