Schnectady, New York

From the Albany Times-Union of January 21, 2007

Fear sparked deadly Schenectady shootout

When two men broke into family's home, one of the intruders ended up dead, the other wounded

Ralph Schulenburg Sr. feared if he didn't take action, the two armed intruders would kill everyone inside his Division Street home.

The pair, he said, made no attempt to hide their faces, and one of them even boldly gave his name as ``Charlie'' when one of Schulenburg's sons asked.

``I wasn't about to just sit there,'' Schulenburg, 50, said Saturday as he recounted the events that played out inside 421 Division St. on Friday afternoon.

But he said it was his son, Ralph Schulenburg Jr., 23, who grabbed an old Mauser rifle and shot the intruders during a fierce gunbattle.

Aaron Peavy, 21, of Albany, was shot in the heart and killed. His alleged accomplice, Charles E. Little III, 20, of Troy, was shot in the left hand and lost at least one finger. It was the fourth time since early December that alleged intruders have been shot inside homes they targeted in Schenectady.

Little was arrested at 2 p.m. Saturday and charged with felony burglary. He was expected to be arraigned on the charge and held without bail in Schenectady County Jail.
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Ralph and Kimberly Schulenburg said police told them they didn't do anything wrong.

But the couple say they are tired of the constant threats and harassment.

``I'm selling my house and moving from here,'' said Ralph Sr..

From the Albany Times-Union of January 20, 2007

Resident shoots intruders

Man killed, another hurt in 4th recent home invasion incident in Schenectady

A man was killed Friday and his alleged accomplice wounded after they entered a city home at gunpoint and were shot by a resident, marking the fourth time in the past two months would-be victims have shot intruders, authorities said.

Someone at 421 Division St. let the armed men in after one of them flashed a handgun from the outside, police said.

A shot rang out, prompting a relative in an upstairs apartment to descend downstairs toting a rifle, authorities said.

The gunman shot one of the two intruders, killing him, and hit the other person in the left hand, police said. Investigators swarmed to the scene of the city's first homicide of the year after receiving a call at 3:39 p.m. Friday.
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The incident was the fourth time since early December that alleged intruders in Schenectady were shot.

Two alleged burglars were shot inside a Prospect Street home on Jan 10. Police have said they were among four Brooklyn men seeking revenge for a slashing in Albany last month. One of the men was critically injured.

And earlier this week, a homeowner armed with a rifle shot an intruder who police say entered his Park Avenue home with a stun gun, authorities said.

And in December, Harry T. Glenn fatally shot one man and wounded another person who police say hatched a plan to rob him of drugs and money from his first-floor apartment at 1060 Raymond Street. He fled and was collared about a month later by federal marshals in Massachusetts.

Glenn, who is being held at Schenectady County Jail, faces second-degree murder charges. Authorities say he used a .45-caliber handgun to shoot Richard DeGroat, 39, in the head and Bertram Payne, 20, in the hand.