Champion, Pennsylvania

From the Connellsville Daily Courier of December 1, 2006

Man faces charges in home invasion shootout

A Champion man faces criminal charges after allegedly entering a house and shooting the homeowner in the foot, then fleeing with gunshot wounds after the homeowner returned fire.

Jarod Joseph Jones, 29, of 119 Dellgross Lane, is charged by state police at Greensburg with aggravated assault, criminal attempt at criminal homicide, simple assault, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment of another person.

According to a police affidavit, Steven Anthony Glass, of Faust Lane, Champion, was asleep in his bedroom at 4 a.m. Nov. 19 when he was awakened by a man shouting. Glass grabbed a loaded .22-caliber rifle he keeps by his bedside, looked down the hallway and saw a man, who he later identified as Jones, pointing a .12-gauge shotgun at him.

Jones fired one shot at Glass, according to the affidavit, then began "messing with" the shotgun after it apparently jammed. Glass then fired several shots at Jones before running down the hallway and tackling him.

Glass pinned Jones against a wall, and both men fell to the floor. It was at that point, according to the affidavit, that Glass recognized Jones. Jones fled, police said, and Glass went to Highlands Hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to the foot.

Police later found Jones at UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh. According to the affidavit, Jones appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds to the head, left wrist and left index finger. Jones declined additional comment to police.

Jones is no longer listed as a patient at UPMC.

The criminal affidavit and a warrant for Jones' arrest are filed with Scottdale District Judge J. Bruce King. The case is to be heard by Ligonier District Judge Denise S. Thiel, but that office had no record of the affidavit Thursday.