Father kills armed intruder who shot his son inside their home, police say
An armed intruder who shot a Lemon Grove man was killed by the victim’s father during a home invasion early Tuesday, police said.
A second robber escaped.
The wounded man, Francisco Suarez Jr., 22, is expected to survive, San Diego County Sheriff’s Lt. Kenneth Nelson said.
Nelson said it appears the household was targeted by the robbers.
The victim and his father, Francisco Suarez Sr., 44, told investigators that the two robbers came into their Edding Drive home, a cul-de-sac off Mount Vernon Street, about 2 a.m.
Nelson said the intruders held the homeowner and his son at gunpoint. There was a struggle over a gun, and the homeowner’s son was shot once in the torso.
The then homeowner shot one of the intruders, killing him, Nelson said.
Repard writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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