“She has every right to defend herself,” Gwinnett County Police spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera told The Washington Post in an email. “She is to be commended for not only saving her life, but also the life of her roommate.”

The woman, a business owner in the restaurant industry, told police that about 4 a.m. she and a male housemate heard a possible intruder, so she pulled a handgun and went to search the home, police said in a statement.

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Police said she saw three men — who were armed — walking through the front door during what police think was an attempted robbery. She fired multiple rounds, police said, striking 28-year-old Antonio Leeks, who died of his injuries.

The two other suspects fled from the scene. Police described the two men, who are estimated to be about 20 to 30 years old, as “armed and dangerous,” and are asking for public’s assistance in finding them.

“We want to get these people off the streets as quickly as possible,” Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Deon Washington told CBS affiliate WGCL. “As you’ll see, they are very, very dangerous individuals who are very bold and brazen.”

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Washington told ABC affiliate WSB-TV, “It’s not common that we receive this caliber of surveillance video showing the crime unfold, an actual home invasion.”

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He said that because the suspects did not have their faces covered “we’re highly anticipating someone watching the evening newscast will recognize these people.”

No criminal charges were expected against the woman.

“She exercised her right to defend her livelihood and property,” Washington told WSB-TV.