Monday, May 26, 2008

Tennessee: Mount Vernon man shoots and kills would-be burglar

Mount Vernon, Tennessee

From Knox News of May 23, 2008
Mount Vernon man shoots and kills would-be burglar

A Mount Vernon man shot and killed a would-be burglar when two men allegedly broke into his 517 Old State Road home about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Madisonville Detective Jennifer Bledsoe said.

Mark Fryer called 911 to say he had shot a burglar. When Monroe County sheriff's deputies arrived, they found 19-year-old Bristin Self dead from a 9 mm gunshot wound, according to Detective Travis Jones, who investigated the shooting.

Jones said Self was unarmed.

Bledsoe said Self and another man apparently borrowed a van from a friend and loaded a washer into the van before going back into the Fryer home.

Fryer gave authorities a description of a second alleged burglar, and officers began canvassing the area with a police dog.

They captured James Cheek, 31, who was charged with aggravated burglary. Bledsoe said Cheek admitted being involved in the burglary.

Fryer has been interviewed by Monroe County detectives and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent David Guy, and interviews of others connected with the case were ongoing Thursday night.

Bledsoe said any evidence and information gathered will be turned over to the district attorney's office.

Records indicate that, in 2005, Fryer held at bay with a pistol two men who were burglarizing his home.

Bledsoe said Fryer also filed a burglary report May 21 concerning items taken from the residence.

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