BAD FORM: Homeowner Fires Two Rounds at Burglar… Sort Of

By John Falkenberg

BUNKER HILL, WV — A man and a woman — presumably his spouse — were woken up in the middle of the night earlier this month by their dog, who was alarmed by the sound of a thug trying to gain access to the house, Herald-Mail Media reports.

The owner rose, produced his firearm, and fired two shots — neither of which, it seems, were intended to execute the use of deadly force in defense of the home.

As Herald-Mail Media reports:

A Bunker Hill homeowner shot a burglary suspect in the leg Sunday morning after the alleged intruder failed to heed a warning shot, Berkeley County (W.Va.) Sheriff Curtis Keller said.

Nico Eugene Mason, 25, of Bluebird Drive in Stephens City, Va., was taken to Berkeley Medical Center, where he was treated and released Sunday into the custody of the sheriff’s department, Keller said. Mason was charged with burglary, Keller said. Mason was being held Monday night on $100,000 bond at Eastern Regional Jail near Martinsburg, according to the jail records. The incident was reported to emergency-services officials Sunday at 5:39 a.m.

Keller said the owners of a home in the first block of Prospect Avenue were awoken Sunday morning …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation