Published Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 | 8:34 a.m.
Updated Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 | 4:21 p.m.
Shooting
A resident shot and killed one of two intruders who broke into a northwest valley house during an armed home invasion Wednesday night, Metro Police said.
The incident was reported about 11:30 p.m. in the 8100 block of Cactus Flower Court, a cul-de-sac of single-family homes near Alta Drive and Cimarron Road.
Two people kicked in the door of the house, and the resident, who was home alone, fled to an upstairs bedroom, police said.
One of the intruders, who was carrying a handgun, followed the resident upstairs, police said.
The resident and the man engaged in a gunfight, and the intruder was shot multiple times before he ran from the house and collapsed in the street, police said.
He was taken to University Medical Center and later died, Officer Laura Meltzer said.
The resident was not injured, police said.
The second suspect fled and has not been taken into custody, police said.
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