Resident Shoots, Kills One Alleged Intruder, Wounds a Second

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A Melbourne, Florida, apartment resident shot and killed one alleged intruder and wounded a second around 2:00 a.m. Sunday.

Other residents in the apartment complex heard “police cars screaming in” early Sunday morning, WESH reported.

Police indicated a number of suspects had forced their way into an apartment and the resident opened fire on them, killing one and wounding another.

No precise count on the number of suspects was provided.

Sarah Goodman has a relative who lives in the apartment complex and Goodman reacted to the incident, saying, “I mean, I’m a proud Second Amendment person myself. So if you invade my home, I’m going to protect my space.”

FOX 35 noted that the Melbourne Police Department is asking for anyone with information on the incident to contact them.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010, a speaker at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit, and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

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