From the Nashville Tennessean of January 15, 2005
State briefs: Cosby store owner fatally shoots intruder
A store owner dressed in her nightgown confronted an intruder in her market and fatally shot him, Sevier County authorities said yesterday.
The owner, whose name was not released by the sheriff's department, was alerted Thursday by an alarm company that someone had broken into her store, which is next door to her home.
Armed with a single-shot, 12-gauge shotgun and wearing only her bedclothes, the woman found the store's front window shattered and a man crouching behind the cash register, authorities said. She ordered him to leave and wait for police outside. The woman told police he acted threatening and appeared to have something in his hand when he emerged.
A confrontation ensued, and the man was shot, police said. The man, identified as Arthur Lee Fleming of Dandridge, died several hours later at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
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