Senior Citizen Fires Fatal Shot At Home Invader With A Gun That Sat Around For 30 Years

By James England

UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA — An 81-year-old man in charge of taking care of his bedridden sister was forced to use a handgun to defend himself from a violent felon who broke into his home. The initial struggle occurred when 46-year-old Franklin Schrout, of Smithfield, rode up to the residence on his bicycle and broke in. It ended when Schrout was fatally shot once by a .22-caliber handgun the elderly man had kept for thirty years.

According to Uniontown police speaking to WXTI, Schrout told the man to give him money and valuables. When the elderly man said he had nothing to give, Schrout began ransacking the house. The homeowner tried to stop him but was attacked in the struggle. He managed to retrieve a handgun and shoot Schrout at close quarters. Schrout escaped the home but collapsed a short distance from the house.

The homeowner’s sister called police. By the time they arrived, Schrout’s body was found dead outside the home. Police consider it an act of self-defense.

“Once the actor came into his bedroom, the actor was demanding to know where money was. He told them he didn’t have any money or anything of value in the home,” Uniontown police Lt. …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation