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David Daniel McCrary, 59, was shot and killed by a Southeast Portland mother on June 26, 2016. Police have said McCrary had broken into Tara-Alexis Ford's home, and when she discovered him, she shot him.

(Provided by Portland Police Bureau)

A grand jury has cleared a 33-year-old Southeast Portland woman of any criminal wrongdoing for fatally shooting a stranger that she discovered in her 10-year-old daughter's bedroom last month.

Tara-Alexis Ford fired one bullet into David Daniel McCrary, 59, a Gresham resident who police said might have been suffering from some mental illness when he broke into Ford's home near Southeast 122nd Avenue and Holgate Street in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood.

The grand jury returned its decision Tuesday.

Police said Ford shot McCrary sometime before 1:47 a.m. on June 26. Ford told police she'd come home with her children, ages 5 and 10, and encountered the stranger.

Oregon law says a person is justified in using "deadly physical force upon another person" if the other person is burglarizing or trying to burglarize a home.

Deputy District Attorney Chris Ramras, who handled the case, declined to elaborate Wednesday on details of the shooting.

Court records show McCrary's criminal history in Oregon consists of two convictions for driving under the influence of intoxicants -- in 1991 and in 2013. Ford has no criminal history in Oregon, according to court records.

The shooting was one of three such shootings -- by residents who encountered intruders in their homes -- in less than a month in Portland.

On June 22, 78-year-old Robert McCall shot and injured ex-NFL football player Stanley Wilson in the abdomen as Wilson allegedly tried to break into McCall's house in the 4900 block of Southwest Humphrey Boulevard. A grand jury cleared McCall of any criminal wrongdoing on July 5.

On July 14 shortly before 1 a.m., a Southeast Portland homeowner shot and killed an intruder during a home invasion robbery involving several people, police said. Anthony James Lazarides, 30, died at the home in the 8300 block of Southeast 64th Avenue. Police have not released the name of the homeowner, who was injured in the encounter.

A grand jury hasn't yet reviewed that homeowner's actions to determine if the shooting was justified.

-- Aimee Green

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