A homeowner in the Fowlerville area shot and killed an intruder on Christmas after the latter fired multiple shots and struck him twice, according to a release from the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded around 7:09 p.m. to a report of shots fired on Nicholson Road and found the intruder suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The wounded homeowner was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The intruder was the estranged husband of a woman who was visiting the homeowner at the time of the incident, the sheriff’s office said. The ex-husband entered the residence and fired multiple shots at the homeowner, striking him twice, police said. The homeowner returned fire, ultimately striking and killing the shooter.
The intruder, police said, traveled to Fowlerville from the Lake Orion area. The incident remains under investigation.
— Cassandra Lybrink is the local editor of The Livingston Daily. Contact her at clybrink@livingstondaily.com.
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