Resident shoots would-be burglar in the face

09/30/13

NORCROSS — A Norcross-area homeowner shot a would-be burglar in the face Thursday morning.

Gwinnett County police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said two men attempted to break into a home on Greenway Road — off Satellite Boulevard in unincorporated Norcross — at about 11 a.m. Thursday. They were unaware, though, that a resident was inside.

That resident called 911. When one of the burglars began crawling through a window a few minutes later, he grabbed a handgun and shot him once in the face.

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