According to the Van Wert Police chief, just before 1 a.m. in the 1000 block of Pratt Street, officers responded to a shots fired call.
VAN WERT, OH (WLIO) - A man was shot by the owner of a storage garage after he broke into the facility early Monday morning.
According to the Van Wert Police chief, just before 1 a.m. in the 1000 block of Pratt Street, officers responded to a shots fired call. The owner says he was in the facility when a person broke in, the suspect came within four feet of him, and he shot him twice in self-defense. The suspect took off. Minutes later, the police were called to another home on Cherry Street when the resident said the man showed up with gunshot wounds. The man was flown to a Fort Wayne hospital with what the chief called non-life-threatening injuries. No names have been released. The incident remains under investigation.
