MONTICELLO, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say an eastern Iowa man shot and killed an armed intruder who broke out a basement window and entered his home. Jones County Attorney Kristofer Lyons says Monticello police were called early Wednesday morning to a home were a man later identified as Patrick O’Brine was found dead. Police say O’Brine broke out a window and entered the basement of a home. A resident, who was home with his 10-year-old son, saw O’Brine and fired three shots at the intruder, hitting him twice. O’Brine, who was armed and wearing a mask, died at the home. Lyons says an investigation of the shooting is continuing but that evidence supports a conclusion that the resident was justified in using deadly force.
