From the Baton Rouge Advocate of July 10, 2004
Burglary suspect shot
A suspected burglar has been hospitalized after a Baton Rouge man broke up an apparent burglary Friday morning.
John McCarroll said he woke up to find a suspicious vehicle in the driveway of the house he owns, which is next door to the one in which he lives. McCarroll said he flashed a light into the house, and a man who has been suspected of several burglaries in the neighborhood came out.
McCarroll tried to apprehend the man with a .357 pistol, shooting his tires out. But McCarroll said the man tried to run over him so he shot him twice, once in the chest and again in the arm.
Police found the man's red Tahoe at home on 23rd Street minutes later.
"I wish he'd have been armed, because if he'd have been armed, he wouldn't be at the hospital right now," McCarroll said. "But I think that will stop the burglaries next door for a while."
Police said the burglar is 47-year-old Arthor McNeil of Baton Rouge. He remains in the hospital with minor gunshot wounds and has been charged with simple burglary and aggravated assault.
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