Police: Intruder Hospitalized After Being Shot by Tennessee Homeowner

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An alleged intruder was shot Monday morning by a Coffee County, Tennessee, homeowner and had to be hospitalized.

WSMV reported that the homeowner shot the alleged intruder. OnTargetNews pointed out that the alleged intruder was identified as 24-year-old Carlos Daniel Antonio Rivera.

WKRN noted that when Coffee County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived on the scene, Rivera had fled on foot, but no one knew how far. Deputies advised neighborhood residents to be cautious and call the police if they saw anything.

Rivera was taken into custody hours later with a gunshot wound to the chest and was transported to a hospital, where he underwent surgery. He is reportedly in stable condition.

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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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