Philadelphia Residents Shoot 2 Intruders in Overnight Home Invasions, Killing 1

2 articles · Updated · WPVI-TV · May 18

Two separate overnight break-ins in Philadelphia ended with residents shooting the intruders, leaving one man dead and another hospitalized, police said.
On Griffith Street in Rhawnhurst around 1:30 a.m., a man believed to be in his 40s allegedly forced open a family home's front door, entered a daughter's room and was shot in the chest after refusing to drop a stick.
That intruder died at a hospital, and investigators said a suspicious car was parked outside the home.
Near midnight in Parkside, a 33-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds at a Sunoco after his ex-partner reported shooting someone trying to climb through her front window on Cambridge Street.
Philadelphia police are still investigating both shootings, including the circumstances of the break-ins and the residents' use of force.

With new court rulings on self-defense, could these Philadelphia homeowners face prison for protecting their homes?

A homeowner shoots an intruder armed only with a stick. Is this self-defense or murder under Pennsylvania law?