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A Montana man has been charged with homicide after allegedly setting a trap in his garage to lure a burglar and then shooting him before he could get away.

According to the complaint, Markus Kaarma's garage had been robbed a few times recently, and he was determined to catch the thief. He told his hairdresser a few days ago that he had been up all night with his shotgun, "waiting to shoot some fucking kid." Sort of like how my Welsh great aunt once waited up all night with a shotgun to kill the fox attacking her chickens, except that a fox is not a human being.

Kaarma finally got his chance early Sunday morning. According to the AP, he and his wife left the garage door open with a purse inside to tempt any would-be thieves. They put sensors outside the garage and had a video camera. When the sensors went off and they saw someone in the garage on the video, Kaarma ran outside with his shotgun. He couldn't see inside the garage but heard "a noise that sounded like metal on metal," so, fearing that whoever was in the garage might try to harm him, he shot into the darkness four times. He told the police that he made sure to shoot high to avoid hitting his car. He also said that he "didn't want the male to get away and that he wanted him to be caught. He stated that the police can't catch burglars in the act."