MAHOPAC – A woman managed to take a gun away from her former boyfriend and shot him to death after he broke into her home early Saturday, police said.
The 50-year-old woman, who has not been identified sustained a gun shot wound in the confrontation. She was taken by ambulance to Danbury Hospital where she was treated for a leg wound and released later in the morning.
No charges will be brought against her as she was defending herself after the break in according to Carmel Police.
The 47-year-old male was a Mahopac resident, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police were called to the home shortly before 2 a.m. by the woman, who told them that her former boyfriend was trying to break in. Also at the same time, a basement tenant resident called police to say that he saw a man with a gun in the house.
When the police arrived at the scene within 5 minutes of the call, they found the woman bleeding from a gunshot wound to her leg and the man dead.
It’s not clear if the man shot the woman or if she accidentally shot herself during the struggle police said.
The woman’s 23-year-old son died in February.
