COOS BAY -- Coos County authorities say an apparent early morning residential break-in ended with the intruder's death.



KCBY television reported that sheriff's deputies received a call Thursday morning from a woman resident at a home in the south part of the county who said a man had forced his way in.



District Attorney Paul Frasier said a man at the residence fired two warning shots with a .22 caliber rifle, then shot the intruder in the chest as he continued to advance.



Frasier says he'll need to review the autopsy report and toxicology results before making a final decision, but right now the shooting appears to have been justified.



The district attorney says there was no relationship between the residents and the intruder.



-- The Associated Press





