Detroit, Michigan

From the Detroit Free-Press of March 7, 2005

Vigilante dies in shoot-out

A 41-year-old Detroit man was killed in a shoot-out Sunday while playing vigilante in northwest Detroit, police said.

The man kicked in the door of a house in the 15000 block of Indiana Street about 12:30 p.m. to accuse the homeowner, a 40-year-old man, of raping a mutual acquaintance, police said.

Both men were armed with guns. The 41-year-old shot the homeowner in the knee. The homeowner shot the intruder in the abdomen, killing him.

The name of the man killed wasn't released Sunday. Detroit Police spokesman Benard Beck-O'Steen said the man had been accompanied by another man, who ran away before police arrived at the scene.

The homeowner was transported to Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit for treatment of the gunshot wound in his knee, police said.