Crime & Safety

Warminster Police Officer Fatally Shoots Home Invader

The off-duty officer shot and killed one of two burglary suspects who had broken into his home in the Andorra section of Philadelphia.

ABC News reports that an off-duty Warminster police officer shot and killed a burglary suspect in his home Monday morning in the Andorra section of Philadelphia.

According to the report, the officer confronted two men after his wife heard them breaking into their home at 3:45 a.m. He shot and killed one suspect, and the other escaped in the officer's vehicle.

ABC News says that neither the officer or his wife have been injured, and the scene is currently under investigation.

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