Man shoots, Kills Intruder Who Broke Into His Home

A 30-year-old North Bend man was shot and killed shortly before midnight Friday after he broke into a home.

About 11:30 p.m., deputies responded to a call in the 300 block of Southeast 5th Street in North Bend after a woman had called and said a man was pounding on the doors and windows, yelling to be let inside.

When deputies arrived they did not find the suspect but heard a large crash and banging coming from a nearby home.

Police were then alerted by dispatch that another call had come in from a couple who said they were woken by the sound of glass breaking. The home was located in the 400 block of Southeast Orchard Drive in North Bend.

The suspect had broken into the home through a sliding glass door and started “trashing” the house, the couple told police. The 46-year-old man and his girlfriend hid in a bedroom while they called 911 and related to the operator what was happening.

The couple told police that they could hear the suspect ransacking the house and that he was yelling, “Where are you? I’m going to kill you!”-[source]