From the Philadelphia Inquirer of April 5, 2007
Home invasion ends in fatal shootout
After a shootout inside a West Oak Lane home last night, one man is dead, one man has fled, and a wounded resident was in custody by police.
According to the 22-year-old male resident, minutes after 11 p.m., two men confronted him outside his home in the 1900 block of Elston Street and forced him inside at gunpoint, demanding money, police said.
Inside, the resident produced a handgun of his own and exchanged gunfire, Lt. Philip Riehl said.
One alleged home invader, 22, died after being taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center.
As the other man fled, the resident apparently kept firing from an upstairs window, Riehl said.
The wounded resident was treated and released at Einstein, but remained in police custody this morning pending further investigation and possible charges.
The killing will not count as part of the city's murder toll, Riehl said, if it's ruled a justifiable homicide.
The Elston Street resident could, however, gun (sic) and drug charges, he said.
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