Guns, when used properly, are fantastic for home defense. You just never think you're going to be using the gun of the guy you're defending your home from:
One man is dead following an attempted home invasion on Indy's east side.
Today the homeowner who killed the suspect spoke out about the shooting a short time after he was released without charges.
Brent Smith claimed that in the evening "a masked man forced his way into [his] home during an attempted robbery."
"He smacked me in the head with a gun and told me I knew what it was and then I yelled out he's trying to rob me," Smith told media.
A struggle quickly ensued, during which the pair reportedly crashed through a glass table in Smith's home. ("It was like a movie," Smith observed.)
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Smith said he then "shot the intruder with the suspect's own gun," with the suspect dying on the front step of the home, although that didn't end the craziness:
[Smith's house] was then hit by a barrage of bullets from outside. That gunfire damaged the siding, the front door and shattered the windows of a car parked in the street.
Smith said he then grabbed his own gun "and returned fire before the suspects in the street drove away leaving behind a pile of broken car glass."
The homeowner was unhappy at having had to kill the man threatening his life:
"That doesn't make no sense man. I didn't want to do that," said Smith. "I don't know his intention, but I didn't want to be shot. That's just all there is to it."
He is currently facing no charges related to the incident.
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