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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Korean War Vet Kills Home Intruder

An 84-year-old Korean War veteran killed a home intruder Friday with a single shot right to the chest, and he’s crediting God with his success.

Two robbers tried to break into Korean War veteran Don Lutz’s home early on Friday morning in Lawrence County, Penn., but were quickly dissuaded by some serious firepower.

“Two guys tried to rob me, and I killed one of them,” Don Lutz said, according to WTAE-TV. “Maybe the other one, the bullet hit him, too. I hope so.”

Lutz recounted that he woke up Friday morning at about 1:15 a.m. to the sound of someone breaking into his house. He grabbed his gun, which was stored underneath his pillow, and ran into the two robbers.
“I just fired one (shot). It was in the dark, and he attacked me, and we were close and I shot him,” Lutz said. “I scuffled with them on the floor, and the one guy rolled over dead, and the other guy, he jumped up and he ran out the front door.”

Lutz shot one of the men in the chest at point-blank range.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Police later released an intruder shot and killed by Lutz turned out to be a relative.

Ellwood City police said 49-year-old Dennis Mercadante, of Mercer, was identified through facial recognition and fingerprints, and he turned out to be a nephew-in-law of Lutz. (Pittsburgh Action News 4)

Anonymous said...

Scum robbery is own family and attacking a elderly man. So sad.

Anonymous said...

jns...........Like my daddy always told me. You can choose your friends, but not your relatives !!

Brian Dayton said...

Awesome!