From the Chicago Tribune of September 22, 2009
Ill. homeowner kills armed robbers
Police say an eastern Illinois man shot two people to death after they forced their way into his home and tried to rob him.
Vermilion County Sheriff Pat Hartshorn says the two masked men held the homeowner on the floor at gunpoint Monday night and choked him while demanding money. The sheriff says the alleged robbers were 22 and 17 but didn't identify them or the homeowner.
Hartshorn says the men let the homeowner go when his wife said she had expensive jewelry upstairs. While the men focused on a jewelry box, the homeowner grabbed a handgun and shot them.
Hartshorn says another 17-year-old waited in a pickup outside. He drove away but was arrested a short time later.
Indianola is about 10 miles southwest of Danville.
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