From the Memphis Commercial Appeal of June 8, 2004
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Collierville intruder shot to death
Collierville police will consult with prosecutors today about an infrequent homicide that happened in the suburb Sunday morning.
A Collierville homeowner shot and killed an intruder who forced his way into the house and wielded a long gun, Capt. Tommy McCaskill said.
He described the 2 a.m. shooting in a rear bedroom as a "domestic conflict."
The resident shot 28-year-old Steven Keith Poe twice in the upper torso with a handgun.
The Mason resident died at the home, in the 200 block of Cross Point Cove in the Shelton Hills neighborhood of north Collierville, McCaskill said.
Police did not identify the homeowner because it's a domestic case, he said.
No one was in custody and no charges had been filed Monday.
Poe's former girlfriend lived with her parents in the home.
"That was the catalyst, I assume, for him entering the home," McCaskill said. The intruder broke through the glass of a rear door to get inside.
The resident's wife told authorities that before her husband shot the intruder, her husband begged him to leave, McCaskill said.
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