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By News Sentinel Staff

A Union County homeowner shot and killed an intruder Thursday during an apparent home invasion robbery, according to authorities.

According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, E-911 dispatchers received a call about 4 a.m. of a break-in by two masked men in the 400 block of Beard Valley Road. The caller told dispatchers the intruders were armed and had forced entry into the home.

A fight ensued between the two men and the homeowner, who managed to shoot one of the intruders, authorities said. The other man ran away, according to authorities.

Within minutes of the call, deputies arrived on scene to find the intruder dead. Authorities have released no names and filed no charges so far.

More details as they develop online and in Friday's News Sentinel.