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Homeowner shoots intruder near Rancho Drive

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Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 | 5:56 p.m.

Updated Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 | 6:15 p.m.

Metro Police are reporting that a homeowner in the northwest Las Vegas Valley has fatally shot an intruder.

Officers were called to a residence near Rancho and Vegas drives, where a homeowner said the person who had been shot was trying to rob him.

Metro's homicide detectives are investigating the shooting.

Information about the man who was shot wasn't available this evening.

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