Homeowner Shoots Home Invasion Suspect Dead in Dramatic Targeted Heist

Police said that a resident of an affluent Southern California neighborhood shot and killed a suspected intruder in his home on Tuesday morning.

Authorities said that the homeowner shot and killed the suspect in a gated house on Newport Beach’s coast.

A police statement said, “The crime appears to have been a targeted event involving a previous connection between the suspects, and the victims.”

Newport Beach police responded to a house at Pelican Hills Road and Newport Coast Drive around 4:45 am. Police said a 911 caller claimed to have shot one of the suspects inside the house.

Officers found one of the suspects lying on the street, with a gun and several gunshot wounds. The suspect was transported to a hospital where he received treatment.

The details of the suspect’s medical condition or injuries were not revealed.

Investigators found a second person in some bushes near the house with a gunshot wound to the head that was self-inflicted. He was declared dead on the spot.

Police said that the four people who were inside the house at the time of the invasion were not injured.

Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill made a video announcement saying, “If you think about coming to our city to commit crimes, we will defend ourselves.”