LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are investigating after a homeowner shot and killed an intruder in Lauderhill.
The shooting happened in the 5900 block of Northwest 23rd Street, just after 11 p.m., Sunday, when someone called 911 and hung up.
The homeowner told investigators a man climbed through a window of the home and flashed a gun.
A woman was also inside the home at the time of the incident. The homeowner fired at the intruder, killing him.
Police have identified the man that was shot as 34-year-old Ryan Burley.
According to police, Burley is the father of the four children who live at the home with their mother. He had just dropped them off at the home.
Detectives are still investigating why he was entering the home through the window, which is what led him to being shot.
A neighbor offered her reaction on the incident.
“We’ve been here for like two years, so I’ve never seen this before, so I’m not sure if it’s the neighborhood or if they are involved in something, so I’m a little worried because obviously, I am right next door,” said Marie. “I couldn’t go to work because my nerves are, like, I’m shaking. I’m not sure what happened. I was just grateful it was not the kids, because I speak to the kids all the time. They’re like, real little. Every time I come from work they’re always like, ‘Hey, how are you?'” [It’s] very scary because my husband works at night, so now I am here alone, so I’m very worried.”
Police said the intruder was known to the pair inside the home.
The homeowner and the woman who was inside the home are cooperating with police.
No one else was injured in this shooting.
Friends of the man who was killed in the shooting said he was dropping off his children back at the home with their mother. They also said he was not an intruder and was known to the homeowners.
Police have not corroborated that claim but said the man was found shot inside the home.
An investigation is now underway.
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