A would-be burglar was shot and killed by a homeowner on Tuesday after a Eustis residence was targeted by thieves four times in a span of just 24 hours, deputies said. Officials with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a burglary on Dee Street in the Pine Lakes area of Eustis around 5 a.m. The homeowner told deputies he shot a man who confronted him on his property, investigators said. Deputies said the homeowner was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that he suffered while fighting with the suspected burglar. The name of the man killed has not been released. Deputies said that in the 24 hours before the shooting there had been three separate burglaries reported at the residence. The investigation is ongoing.

A would-be burglar was shot and killed by a homeowner on Tuesday after a Eustis residence was targeted by thieves four times in a span of just 24 hours, deputies said.

Officials with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a burglary on Dee Street in the Pine Lakes area of Eustis around 5 a.m.


The homeowner told deputies he shot a man who confronted him on his property, investigators said.

Deputies said the homeowner was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that he suffered while fighting with the suspected burglar.

The name of the man killed has not been released.

Deputies said that in the 24 hours before the shooting there had been three separate burglaries reported at the residence.

The investigation is ongoing.