Fulton County, Georgia

From Atlanta’s WXIA11.com of June 13, 2005

Woman Fends Off Home Intruder

Police are searching for a suspect who entered a home in north Fulton County Monday morning. The homeowner, a 38-year-old woman, told police she was able to shoot the suspect as he fled the residence.

Michelle Johnston told police that her attacker threw her to the ground after entering her home located in the 500 block of Alstonefield Drive.

“She was awake. She came downstairs in her home and that’s where the struggle began, that’s where she was confronted by the suspect,” said Fulton police Lt. Dexter White.

She told police she was able to reach for the suspect’s gun during the scuffle and shoot at him. Police say Johnston fired her gun five times. At least two of the bullets went through a rear window.

There is no evidence she hit anyone.