Therese Apel

The Clarion-Ledger

The man shot and killed by a homeowner in the course of an alleged home invasion has been identified.

According to Jackson Police Department's Twitter account the alleged burglar was Steven Middleton, 56. No charges are being filed against the homeowner.

The incident happened around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of Martin Luther King Drive, police said, when the homeowner saw the man trying to get in a sliding glass back door. He shot the intruder once in the chest with what appeared to be a shotgun.

"I think it was a terrible decision made by the part of the deceased that cost him his life," Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance said Wednesday.

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The homeowner has not been identified.

"This individual was very distraught, very upset about the action that was taken," Vance said at the time. "But it appears that the homeowner, the occupant, had no other choice than to take the action that he did."

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