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Oct 9, 2008 12:14 pm US/Central

Elderly Man Fatally Shoots Intruder

CREST HILL, Ill. (STNG) ― A 68-year-old man fatally shot an intruder breaking into a his apartment in southwest suburban Crest Hill on Wednesday evening.

The man was watching television in the living room of his one-bedroom, ground-level apartment in the 1500 block of Pioneer Road about 6 p.m. when the intruder broke the bedroom window, according to Crest Hill Acting Police Chief Dwayne Wilkerson.

The man got his .38 revolver from the bedroom and shot the intruder, who was taken to Provena Saint Joseph Hospital in Joliet and pronounced dead.

The intruder has been identified as Demetrious Grove, 34, of 1400 block of Pioneer Road in Crest Hill, Wilkerson said. Grove was not armed.

No charges have been filed against the 68-year-old man as of Thursday morning but the Will County State's Attorney's office is reviewing the case.

(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2008. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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