LA Homeowner Shoots At Armed Burglars, Kills One, Arrested

The Daily Mail reports: "LA homeowner opens fire after four armed men broke in to burglarize his home, killing one." From the article:

    A homeowner shot and killed a home invasion suspect in Los Angeles early Saturday morning while a grandmother and toddler were in the house in the fifth such crime reported in the area in the space of 10 days.  

    Officers were called to a home in the Granada Hills section of the San Fernando Valley, north of Beverly Hills, around 5am on Saturday after someone reported a 'hot prowl' - a burglary where the homeowner is present. 

    'The officers’ preliminary investigation determined that approximately three to four armed males in their 20s entered the home with the intent to burglarize the location,' according to LAPD officials.

    'A suspect pointed a weapon at the victim and while the suspects were inside the residence, the victim produced a firearm and a shooting occurred.'

    One of the suspects - a man - was hit by gunfire and died at the scene. 

    The name of the deceased burglar has not been released.  

    The other three suspects fled the scene and have not yet been identified, but police said a 'trail of blood' suggested one of them had been injured. 

    There was also a grandmother and a toddler in the house at the time. 

    Video from the scene shows the unnamed male homeowner being detained by police during the initial investigation, but it is not known if he has been charged. 

If they simply wanted to question the homeowner, they would have had him drive down to the station to meet with detectives, not handcuff him and put him into the back of a squad car.