Two armed men who reportedly shot their way into a Pittsburgh apartment and demanded “stuff” from the tenant got the tables turned on them when the resident pulled out a shotgun and fired at the intruders, killing one and critically injuring the other.
Police found the body of David Calhoun, 31, inside the apartment and Christopher A. Thomas, 27, alive but lying face down on the front steps of the apartment building with an abdominal bullet wound about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, TribLive.com reported, citing Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler. A handgun was lying nearby.
Thomas — who was in critical condition at a nearby hospital, TribLive reported — is charged with aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, conspiracy and carrying a firearm without a license — all felonies, according to court records. Thomas also was wanted on an arrest warrant from Pittsburgh police in connection to a rape that occurred in April.
The 19-year-old tenant, who wasn’t identified by authorities, lives there with his 17-year-old girlfriend. He told police that the men pushed inside the apartment after shooting into the door and then shoved him into a bedroom and demanded “his stuff,” TribLive reported.
That’s when the tenant pulled out a shotgun and fired three times, hitting both men, Toler said.
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