Little Rock, Arkansas

From Little Rock’s KATV.com of January 14, 2006

Intruder Killed During Home Invasion

A Little Rock man was shot dead this morning after he and several other suspects broke into a residence.

It's the 5th homicide of the new year in Little Rock. It happened just after 2:00 this morning at the 9200 block of Hilaro Springs Road

According to police, the men broke in to the trailer because they wanted to find out who was driving one of the cars parked outside.

Authorities say four to seven men forced their way into this residence early Saturday morning, but by the time police got there, all the suspects except one had left.

(Sgt. Terry Hastings, Little Rock Police) "They found a person lying on the floor deceased he was wearing gloves and a mask."

Tremayne Beasley was shot after he entered one of the bedrooms. At that time, according to the police report, the owner of the trailer shot Beasley once in the shoulder and once in the stomach.

(Hastings)"The suspects then fled out of the trailer and left in an unknown direction."

Police say a women inside the trailer was also shot, but her injuries were not life threatening. At the time of the intrusion five adults were inside the residence.

(Hastings)"We know that these individuals were looking for particular person so we are not releasing any names of those involved here in the trailer, until we can get a better handle on exactly what these individuals were doing."

Right now no charges have been filed against the owner of the trailer for shooting the intruder.