LOS ANGELES — A homeowner in Los Angeles took matters into his own hands on Saturday, getting into a shootout with two armed intruders and chasing them away from his property.
The homeowner, who requested anonymity, told KABC-TV that he was about to walk up to his front door at about 7:30 p.m. when two intruders jumped over a gate. One of the intruders accosted the resident.
Surveillance video showed the masked man turn and flee when the homeowner produced a gun and began firing, according to the television station.
“I guess they decided to try to come at me and come in the house, but I have a 5-month-old baby and a wife and a nanny in the house and that wasn’t going to happen,” the man told KABC. “There was nothing in my house that was worth dying for. But I was willing to die for my family.”
The man said the intruders came “out of nowhere,” with one of them putting a pistol to his back, the television station reported.
The resident fended off the intruder and fired at least four shots as the would-be thieves fled the scene, jumping over fences to get away.
After the attack, the family filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department, KABC reported.
“It’s a matter of time before these people get caught,” the man told the television station. “I think they should just pick a new career before they do end up in jail.”
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