Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Loganville Mother Shoots Burglar Several Times
A burglar was shot by a Loganville homeowner Friday morning. She was hiding in an attic space and shot him when he located her.
LOGANVILLE, GA — UPDATE: According to Walton County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Keith Brooks, the young mother shot the burglar after he broke into her Loganville home Friday morning. Brooks said deputies were called in on a report of a burglary in progress. The home was in the Henderson Ridge subdivision off south Sharon Church Road.
"She was aware he was trying to break into the home and took the children and hid in an attic space with them, but he found her," Brooks said, adding that was when she shot him." She then ran to a neighbor with the children and he left in a car.
Brooks said the burglar subsequently wrecked the car in the woods, which is where the deputies found him.
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"He was conscious and alert when we got to him," Brooks said, adding they are withholding the name of the burglar for the moment. The Walton Tribune reported that it was a 32-year-old Loganville man and that he was in a critical condition after being shot five times. WSBTV is reporting his name is Paul Slater, of Atlanta, and that he has a record. He also has been listed as a Snellville resident in previous mug shots.
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