Longview, Washington

From the Longview Daily News of August 8, 2006

CR man shot during suspected burglary may face charges

Longview police have requested that Kelly Charles Foster Smith, who is recovering from a gunshot wound, receive a court summons on a charge of second-degree burglary once he is released from the hospital.

Smith, 44, of Castle Rock, was shot near the left shoulder and the bullet exited through the front of the sternum, police said. He was listed in fair condition Tuesday at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.

Police said that property owner Frank Perry Amadon, 61, called 911 early Monday morning to report he shot a suspected burglar in his warehouse in the 1300 block of Beech Street. Amadon lives in the building, police said.

Police said they found Smith yelling and moaning, lying in a pool of blood at the base of a large metal sheet. Police noted an opening had been made in the wall. Wire was placed near the opening and stacked outside the opening, and die grinders and other equipment were nearby, police said.

The shooting is under investigation.