Key Takeaways
- A Jefferson City homeowner fired a weapon after finding an unknown person inside their home on the night of Sunday, Nov. 1.
- Officers were called to the 1100 block of East Miller Street around 7:39 p.m. for a reported burglary.
- The suspect fled before officers arrived and was not found during a search of the area.
- No injuries were reported as a result of the shooting.
- The case is under investigation by the Jefferson City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division.
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO — A Jefferson City homeowner fired a weapon after finding an unknown person inside their home on the night of Sunday, Nov. 1. The suspect ran before officers got there, and no one was hurt.
Jefferson City Police Department officers were called to the 1100 block of East Miller Street around 7:39 p.m. for a reported burglary, as reported by ABC17NEWS, which cited a JCPD press release.
According to that account, the owner of the home found an unknown person inside. The homeowner fired. The suspect ran. No injuries were reported.
Officers searched the area but did not find the suspect. The case is under investigation by JCPD’s Criminal Investigations Division.
Police have not said what the intruder was doing when the homeowner found them, whether anything was said, or whether the intruder was armed. Those are the details that matter most after any shooting inside a home. Deadly force is for an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm, and that is the standard every armed homeowner should expect to explain to investigators afterward.
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The suspect has not been named, and no charging decision involving the homeowner has been announced.
