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92-year-old kills home intruder

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    Elderly Kentucky man takes matters into his own hands in attempted burglary

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This is -- 92 year old Earl Jones lives in the country in Boone county.

In the past few months -- -- been broken into several times and he's had ninety of -- cattle stolen.

-- the air force and work would be 29 bombers in World War II he spent five years in combat and says he's never killed anyone.

Until last night.

About aborting it was sitting just like -- on his bed when he heard putting more -- outside.

Didn't realize it was someone breaking into his basement.

Down closure -- say a man was entering this door to go into the basement.

Upstairs Jones got up grabbed his girl gone 42 caliber rifle walked into the living room and sat down and this -- He -- -- his rifle at the door the top of the basement stairs waiting in case the intruder came up the steps.

Meanwhile -- laid down in the basement with -- -- -- Maxwell 24 year old man from Richmond Kentucky who had just -- -- problem for years probation for burglary and drugs.

He then came up the basement stairs and through the door that's when Earl Jones pulled the trigger.

I think -- -- In this.

Room and big -- -- he does not know -- the intruder with armed.

-- -- -- Now -- sent but apparently after falling down stairs Maxwell went back out the basement door.

He wound up behind jones' home on court and rode a car with these two -- Ryan don't think Donny and -- it.

Someone called for medics after realizing Maxwell had been shot sheriff's they both of them confessed to being involved in the burglary.

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