Columbus, Ohio

From Columbus’ NBC4i.com of December 28, 2005

Police Determining Whether Break-In, Man's Death Connected

Woman Says She Shot At Man Trying To Break Into Home

Columbus police and Franklin County sheriff's deputies were working to determine whether a home invasion and a fatal shooting on Tuesday night were connected.

A woman said she shot at a man who was trying to break into her Perdue Avenue home, NBC 4 reported.

According to police, a short time later a man was found shot a few blocks away from the east Columbus home. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Investigators were trying to figure out if the man who died was related to the break-in at the woman's home.