ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. – An 84-year-old Pennsylvania man fatally shot a home intruder and successfully fought off another early Friday, police said.
Don Lutz was jolted awake around 1:15 a.m. by the sound of people coming into his Ellwood City home and emerged from his bedroom armed with a handgun that he said he keeps under his pillow, authorities said.
One of the intruders grabbed Lutz, police said, so he fired a shot from point blank range into the man’s chest then started to tussle with both men on the floor of his kitchen. As the man Lutz shot rolled off him and died, the other ran out the front door.
“The other one, maybe the bullet hit him, too. I don’t know. I hope so,” Lutz said.
An Ellwood City police lieutenant said the department hasn’t yet identified either suspect.
