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WEBVTT MCDONOUGH.OUR REPORTER HAS BEEN OUT SINCE THIS MORNING, AND YOU HAVE NEW INFORMATION ON THE CASE.>> Reporter: WE LEARNT THE NAME OF THE DECREASED.-- DECEASED, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. WE SPOKE TO THE 24-YEAR-OLD SON OFF CAMERA, HE WAS IN THE BEDROOM AT THE TIME, HEARD A COMMOTION AND SAW A GUN IN HIS MOTHER'S FACE.HE GOT A GUN THAT WAS REGISTEREDAND SHOT THE SUSPECT TO PROTECT HIS MOTHER.>> I DON'T WANT TO SAY YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE, BUT YOU DON'T RUN UP ANYONE'S HOUSE.>> THAT'S WHAT THE NEIGHBOUR SAID ABOUT THE HOME INVASION ANDSHOOTING, A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM HER HOME.WHEN ORANGE COUNTRY DEPENDENT USE ARRIVED. THEY FOUND A BODY ON THE OUTSIDEAND A FEMALE HOME OWNER ON THE INSIDE.>> SHORTLY BEFORE 10:45, TWO BLACK MALES BROKE INTO THE HOUSE.ONE HELD A GUN TO THE HEAD AND MADE DEMANDS.HER SON, IN THE RESIDENCE, GOT AGUN AND FIRED IN SELF-DEFENCE.>> Reporter: HER SON TOLD US OFFCAMERA HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SHOOT THE SUSPECTS. A GUN WAS POINTED AT HIS MOTHER.ONE DIED IN THE FRONT YARD.THE OTHER GOT IN A CAR AND DROVETO THE HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ORMC IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE HOME OWNER SAID THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE BROKE INTO HER HOME.SEVERAL HOMES HAVE BEEN BROKEN INTO HERE.>> AND ALL OF US ARE FREE. I DON'T KNOW IF MY LIFE IS IN DANGER.EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ISAFRAID.I CALLED THE POLICE THREE TIMES,THEY BEAT THIS PERSON UP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME.>> Reporter: NOW, EVEN THE YOUNGMAN THAT SHOT THE PICTURES, A 24-YEAR-OLD SON SAYS SEVEN HOMESHAVE BEEN BROKEN INTO IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. HE SAID HE'S SORRY THIS HAD TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE SOMEONE'S SON ISDEAD.HE SAID HE HAD TO PROTECT HIS MOTHER. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT

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