Norwalk, Ohio



From the Toledo Blade of March 16, 2004

Gunshot victim matches description of intruder



A north-central Ohio man was in serious condition yesterday, suffering from injuries that officials say they believe to be related to a report of an armed intruder being shot by residents in Erie County.



Thomas W. Fulton Jr., 47, of Shelby, remained in Medical College of Ohio Hospitals yesterday where he was taken after walking into a used car dealership in Norwalk on Friday afternoon, saying he had been shot.



He matched the description of an armed intruder who entered a Berlin Township home in Erie County and was shot by residents, Erie County Sheriff Terry Lyons said. The home is about 10 miles away from the car dealership where Fulton stopped for help.



Law enforcement officials have confiscated weapons from the home where the intruder had been shot.



At least three adults were in the home at the time, Sheriff Lyons said.

Subsequent news items firmly connected Fulton to the intrusion.