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Florida woman, 8 months pregnant, used AR-type rifle to fatally shoot home intruder
The woman who fatally shot a home intruder in suburban Tampa last week was pregnant and used an AR-type weapon to kill the man, according to news reports. Jeremy King of Lithia told Bay News 9 that…
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Florida woman, 8 months pregnant, used AR-15 to shoot, kill home intruder
By Tiffini Theisen
Orlando Sentinel | Nov 04, 2019 | 9:09 AM
The woman who fatally shot a home intruder in suburban Tampa last week was pregnant and used an AR-15 to kill the man, according to a news report.
Jeremy King of Lithia told Bay News 9 that his wife, who is eight months pregnant, was in a back bedroom Wednesday when two men burst in at about 9 p.m. and began brutally beating King, demanding money and grabbing his 11-year-old daughter.
The woman told the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office that she grabbed the weapon and shot one of the suspects once. That man was dead in a nearby ditch by the time deputies arrived.
King said one of the men shot at his wife first.
The other suspect fled; deputies are still searching for him.
“Them guys came in with two normal pistols and my AR stopped it,” King said. “[My wife] evened the playing field and kept them from killing me," King said.
King was taken to a hospital but was listed in stable condition. He told the TV station that he suffered "a fractured eye socket, a fractured sinus cavity, a concussion, 20 stitches and three staples in my head” in the attack.
The rural, sparsely populated community is about 20 miles southeast of Tampa.
