Resident shoots burglar during home invasion

San Antonio police process a crime scene early Tuesday July 30, 2013 at the Wood Hollow Apartments on the 10,300 block of Sahara. Police said an apparent home invasion took place about 3:00 a.m. in an upper story apartment when an occupant of the apartment shot and killed one of the home invaders. The scene is still under investigation. less San Antonio police process a crime scene early Tuesday July 30, 2013 at the Wood Hollow Apartments on the 10,300 block of Sahara. Police said an apparent home invasion took place about 3:00 a.m. in an upper ... more Photo: JOHN DAVENPORT, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS Photo: JOHN DAVENPORT, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Resident shoots burglar during home invasion 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

A home invasion turned deadly when a resident shot and killed one of the burglars, according to a San Antonio Police Department report.

The incident occurred around 3 a.m. in the 10300 block of Sahara Drive on the city's North Side.

The resident, 21-year-old Dmitri Brown-Winfield was at the apartment with his fiancé and four of her nephews and nieces when three burglars came into the house.

According to Brown-Winfield, he had been cleaning the house when his fiancé told him there were three people at the door. After she warned him not to open the door, the suspects kicked open the door.

One of the suspects threw Brown-Winfield onto a bed and held him by the neck, he said. After two suspects left the house, Brown-Winfield was then able to grab his pistol and fired multiple shots at the last intruder inside the house.

“I'm protecting what I need to protect so I shot him,” Brown-Winfield said. After he shot and killed the one suspect, he ran after the others and fired three shots in the air.

“I have no remorse but I didn't intend on killing nobody but I had to kill or be killed,” Brown-Winfield said. “It's a concrete jungle out here, it's kill or be killed.”

According to Brown-Winfield's fiancé, 49-year-old Evangeline Tubig, she did not know who the suspects were, but said that she probably needs to move in case of any retaliation efforts.

Tubig said she has lived at her apartment for four years, and nothing like this had happened before.

“I don't have no feeling right now,” Tubig said. “I don't feel sorry for whoever got killed. I'm very upset because that … happened in front of my nephews and my nieces.”

Police had not taken anyone into custody for the incident as of Tuesday morning.

Brown-Winfield has a prior criminal record that includes assault and drug possession charges.

A spokesman for the San Antonio Police Department said that at this point in time, it does not seem like Brown-Winfield would face any charges for shooting the intruder. Police also have not determined a motive for the home invasion, he added.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office has not determined the identity of the suspect who was shot as of Tuesday afternoon.

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