An elderly woman held a suspect at gunpoint Sunday night until police arrived, after the man broke into her Portage Road home on the edge of South Bend's northwest side. (WSBT photo)
The 70-year-old woman called 911 about 9 p.m. sounding frantic, but prepared.
“I’ve got my gun out. Somebody’s trying to get in my house,” she told a dispatcher. “I’ll have to shoot him if he comes in.”
“What kind of weapon do you have?" asked the dispatcher.
“I have a .38," the homeowner responded.
Minutes later, the intruder was inside, breaking through a window, but was stopped by the homeowner.
“I don’t want to have to kill anybody, but I will,” she said. Read more
