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Police: Man shoots intruder
Bajeerah Lowe , Staff Writer 11/07/2003

COATESVILLE — Two men armed with guns who burst into a home in the 400
block of Victoria Drive Wednesday and demanded money got a little
surprise when one of the people inside the home had better aim, police
said.

One of the intruders, identified by police as Rameek Neal, 22, of
Lancaster, was hit and is now listed at the hospital as a quadriplegic.
Police are still looking for the second man.

According to police reports, Neal and another man knocked on the door of
the home sometime before 10:30 Wednesday night.

After one of the home’s occupants opened the door, the two men forced
their way in, baring guns and demanding money, police said.
Reports said the man police have not yet arrested pointed what witnesses
said was a sawed-off shotgun at the two people in the living room. Neal,
meanwhile, left the living room and went to the home’s master bedroom,
police said.

Inside the bedroom, police said Neal threatened the two occupants who
were in bed.
According to police, Neal threatened to shoot or beat them with a pistol
if they did not give him money.

Police said one of the bedroom’s occupants, Omar Reid, 25, reached out
of bed, grabbed a pistol from the dresser and shot Neal as Neal shot at
him.

With Neal down on the ground at the foot of the bed, police said Reid
left the bedroom and walked into the living room, where he encountered
the second man.

Both men fired at each other, police said.

The man Reid fired at fled from the home. Police said Reid was not hit.

Neal, who was found by police still laying in the bedroom, was flown to
Crozer-Chester Medical Center for his injuries.

Police are still looking for the second man, who they say may have a
gunshot wound.

Police said Reid’s actions are being considered self-defense.

The investigation into the home invasion and shootings is ongoing,
police said.