RED DEER, Alta. — Mounties in central Alberta say they will not be charging a homeowner who shot and killed an intruder who broke into his home and beat him with a baseball bat.
Blackfalds RCMP say in a news release that when officers got to the home Monday in Red Deer County, they found the homeowner bleeding and a man dead with a gunshot wound.
They say witnesses told officers that the man had broken into the home and was found sleeping in a bed.
There was a confrontation and the intruder struck the homeowner several times with the bat.
Police say during the attack, the homeowner grabbed a gun and shot the man once.
They say that after consulting with Crown prosecutors, the decision was made not to lay charges.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 6, 2021.
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