A KNIFE was weapon of choice in this crime, HOWEVER:A firearm saved a life!

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(FL) Homeowner shoots violent intruder 10-06-04

Jacksonville.com: Metro: Westside man shoots intruder, 17 10/06/04
Address:http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/100604/met_16830949.shtml

Homeowner shoots her in face as she charges with butcher knife, police
say.
By BRIDGET MURPHY

The car keys were on the dining room table, Richard Clark told the young
intruder.
She ran to get them after telling him she planned to steal his maroon
Taurus.

But Clark, 59, ran for his gun.

Moments later, the two faced off inside Clark’s Westside Jacksonville
home, with 17-year-old Alie McMillan coming at him with a butcher knife
as he defended himself, police said.

Police answered a call about a shooting at Clark’s home in the 7300
block of Proxima Road Tuesday, finding McMillan with a gunshot wound to
her face and Clark with a superficial stab wound to one of his wrists.

McMillan stayed awake and answered questions as firefighters treated her
injuries, including by wrapping a large bandage around her head.

A bullet wound was visible on her right cheek as she was put in a rescue
rig about 3 p.m. and taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital.

The runaway faces aggravated battery and armed burglary charges, police
said.

The girl told them she had burglarized three residences Tuesday and
authorities found jewelry in her handbag, police said.

Police said Clark came home and found the intruder in the house before
confronting her.

“She’s a very lucky individual because he’s a damn good shot,” said
Clark’s daughter, Helen Sabota, 35.

Sabota said she believed her father, who is retired and partly disabled
from a stroke, used a .38-caliber revolver to defend himself.

Although no neighbors reported hearing the gunshot, they weren’t
surprised by the burglary attempt, with some, including Leo Moore, 82,
saying the area had changed in the decades both he and Clark have lived
on the block.

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