A burglar breaking into the home of an Orthodox Jewish family in Philadelphia was shot dead.
Police reports say a burglar in his 40s broke into the family’s home on Griffith Street around 1:30 a.m. Monday morning. After he forced open the front door and entered a daughter’s bedroom, a woman, said to be a babysitter who was watching the family’s two children at the time, began screaming.
A resident on the building’s first floor heard the noises and went up to confront the suspect with a handgun, according to police reports. He ordered the burglar to drop an object he was holding, and when he refused, fired a single shot into the man’s chest.
The burglar was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No one inside the home was injured.
Philadelphia police are investigating the case as a homicide, standard procedure in fatal shootings, to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident. No charges have been announced.
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