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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – A Newport Beach homeowner opened fire on armed home invaders Tuesday morning, prompting a large police response.
Newport Beach Police received a 911 call from a Newport Beach resident at approximately 4:45 a.m. Tuesday morning regarding a home invasion in an exclusive neighborhood in Pelican Heights.
Two women, a man and a teenager were inside the house at the time of the attack. He was not injured.
Someone inside a multimillion-dollar home shot one of two home invasion suspects. Police found a suspect lying on the road with a gunshot wound.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department SWAT team was also on the scene.
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A second suspect was present in close by bushes with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the top. Police mentioned he’s useless.
Based on the police, the assault on the home was not random. The house owner and the house invasion suspect knew one another. No additional particulars about their connection have been launched to the general public.
Newport Seashore police repeatedly burdened that this was a focused residence invasion and posed no menace to the neighborhood.
“We all know there’s a relationship between the suspects, the 2 suspects, and the victims, the residents,” mentioned Newport Seashore PD Sgt. Steve Oberon.
Updates: @NewportBeachPD Verify that the early morning residence invasion in Pelican Heights was not random. The suspects and the household are associated.
The house owner shot a suspect who’s within the hospital. Second suspect discovered useless in bushes from self-inflicted gunshot wound to go @foxla pic.twitter.com/RRhBn4kuAT– Gigi Graciette (@GigiGraciette) 16 April 2024
“Most of those communities, particularly in Pelican Heights – these are gated communities, the place guards patrol the realm 24 hours a day and the police insist that these suspects have been associated to the house owner – inside the home And that's most definitely how they have been capable of get in,' Fox 11 reporter Gigi Graciete mentioned.
Newport Seashore Mayor Will O'Neill praised the house owner for safeguarding his property and household.
Mayor Will O'Neill mentioned, “I can inform you proper now that when you come to Newport Seashore to commit a criminal offense, we’ll defend ourselves and as we speak is an instance of that.”
Police mentioned Tuesday morning's assault was not linked to South American gangs and housebreaking rings which have focused houses in Orange County.
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