Resident comes home, finds burglar and fatally shoots him

A burglar was fatally shot by someone inside the home he entered late Friday, Montgomery police said.

The police department is conducting a death investigation after Danny Williams, 42, was fatally shot during the burglary in the 100 block of West South Boulevard, according to a news release from MPD.

About 10:30 p.m. police found Williams inside the home with the gunshot wound, and he was taken to Baptist Medical Center South where he was later pronounced dead.

Investigators believe Williams forcibly entered the residence and was shot when someone who lives there returned home and located Williams inside. The occupant of the home was not injured.

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MPD’s investigation is continuing, and no additional information is available for release at this time. With death investigations, MPD’s investigative report is submitted to the District Attorney’s Office for presentation to a grand jury.