Tulsa, Oklahoma

From February 4, 2007 KOTV channel 6:

An apparent burglary attempt ends in a fatal shooting in East Tulsa, police said. Officers were called to the 1100 block of South 146th East Avenue around 3 p.m. Sunday. When they arrived they found a 39-year-old white man dead in the front yard.

The homeowners told police the man had started banging, then kicking on their door. The husband said he went to get his gun and when the door started to give way, he pulled the trigger. The couple told police they did not know the suspect.

Neighbors heard the whole thing. "I heard three gun shots and went and got my dogs and put them in the house, both my dogs were facing the house so I knew something was up," said neighbor Kris Orman.

Detectives say the evidence matches what the homeowners told them. They're investigating the shooting as a justifiable homicide and didn't arrest anyone.

"You've got an unknown subject attempting to kick the door in and a husband and wife that are fearful for their safety," said Tulsa Police Captain Eric Dalgleish.

UPDATE: From the February 23, 2007 Tulsa World:

A Tulsan was justified in fatally shooting a man who evidence indicates was breaking into a home earlier this month, a prosecutor said.

The Tulsa County District Attorney's Office has declined to file any charge against William E. Wright linked to the Feb. 4 shotgun slaying of Jerry A. Savino, 39.

Police did not arrest anyone after the shooting and said then that evidence indicated that a resident had shot a man who was trying to break into a house at 1131 S. 146th East Ave.

After reviewing reports, Assistant District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said this week that Wright was justified in defending himself and his wife, who was in the home, against an intruder, identified as Savino.

Savino had felony convictions for crimes such as burglary, concealing stolen property, petty larceny, possessing a police radio in commission of a felony, possessing a controlled drug and possessing a controlled drug with an intent to distribute, records show.