Lee County, Florida

Update From Fort Myers’ WINKtv.com of March 28, 2006

Man Who Shot Intruder Acted in Self Defense

The Lee County Sheriff's Office says Todd Rasmussen, who lives on Camellia Drive in North Fort Myers, was acting in self defense when he shot a man hanging around in his backyard.

The Sheriff's Office has identified the man as 35-year old Michael Frazzini of Cape Coral.

"I turned around and I seen him and I was like oh my God," said his daughter 16-year old Amanda.

16-year old Amanda Rasmussen was the first to discover a masked man hiding behind the shed in her families backyard.

She ran inside to tell her older brother Corey.

"Guy popped up out of nowhere about six foot, 250, really big, had a mask on his face," said Corey.

Corey thought the man was trying to break into the home. He was trying to scare the Frazzini off. But the man wouldn't back down and he had something in his hand.

"In the dark they didn't know what he had," said Corey's step-mother Michelle.

The family says they were already on edge because their house was targeted in the last few months.

"Somebody's been knocking on a window and paint-balling our house doing a lot of stuff," said Michelle.

Father and son say they repeatedly warned the Frazzini to leave the property.

"The guy just kept coming and kept coming. And after my dad told him he will open fire he turned toward my dad and said do you want a piece of me too and he started advancing toward my father and my father shot him," said Corey.

Frazzini died at the scene.

Amanda and Michelle Rasmussen say they are still a little scared. But they will rest a little easier knowing that man won't be coming back.

The Sheriff's Office has not released the name of the man who was killed.

From Fort Myers’ NBC-2.com of March 28, 2006

Masked man shot to death by resident

A man dressed in black and wearing a mask was shot to death by a North Fort Myers resident Monday night.

The incident happened at 848 Camelia Drive, south of Hancock Bridge Parkway.

Around 9 p.m., the resident heard a noise in his backyard and went to investigate. He found the masked man and shot him after a confrontation.

The masked man died at the scene. His identity is being withheld until next of kin can be notified.