A San Diego woman, awakened by her security alarm, grabbed a gun and shot an intruder, a woman who turned out to be her neighbor.
The homeowner was questioned by San Diego police outside her home on Drew View Lane in Lincoln Park Wednesday morning.
It was 2:38 a.m. when police got the call of a possible burglary and shooting in the neighborhood east of Interstate 805 and south of Euclid Avenue.
Officers said the homeowner was asleep when her home’s security system alarm was activated. When the resident went to check out the home, she found another woman who she said she did not know or recognize.
When she told the intruder to leave, the homeowner said the woman was agitated and became verbally abusive, even threatening her.
The homeowner grabbed a handgun and again tried to get the woman to leave. When the intruder refused again, the resident told police she fired her gun.
The intruder was struck in the leg and ran out of the front door of the home leaving behind a trail of blood, police said.
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Officers followed the trail and found the intruder collapsed in a yard just a few houses away.
Investigators have not identified either woman but have described the intruder as a 34-year-old woman.
They say she was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Michael Lindsey told NBC 7 he lives with the suspect in a group sober-living home just four doors down from the victim's house.
He said he and his housemates have gone through turmoil with the suspect's sometimes violent temper.
"She attacks, she curses, she uses foul language and makes you feel uncomfortable," said Lindsey.
One official said investigators haven't spoken to the intruder yet so he wasn't sure if the woman was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the shooting. He also said there was no clear motive as to why she was in the home.
The homeowner, who was described as 30 years old, was detained and then released.
Police say the suspect will likely face burglary charges.
