DETROIT (WXYZ) – It was a harrowing encounter on Detroit’s west side, when a homeowner shot the intruder who was holding him and his wife at gun point.
It happened before 6:00 Monday night at a home off Beaverland Rd. near Eaton.
Detroit police said two men ordered the homeowner and his wife into their house and then into the basement.
Daniel McNamara is the homeowner. He told his incredible story only to 7 Action News.
“He kept telling us to turn around, I said ‘No, I’m not going to turn around,’ I said ‘You’ve got to kill me face to face’,” said McNamara.
He said the suspects wanted him and his wife to turn around so they wouldn’t rememebr their faces.
by Breanne Palmerini