A Piedmont woman shot and killed a man who broke into her home Tuesday night, sheriff’s investigators say.
According to Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office reports, Dale Micha Scott, 39, was shot several times and killed at approximately 10:49 p.m. in the upstairs bedroom of a residence on Hughes Road off Alabama 21. Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown pronounced Scott dead at the scene at approximately 12:41 this morning.
Sheriff Larry Amerson said the woman who lived at the residence shot Scott with a handgun after he apparently broke into the home through a sliding glass door on the second floor.
“From everything we’ve seen thus far, there will be no criminal charges,” Amerson said. “She was totally within her rights to defend herself. And in Alabama, a homeowner does not have to have approval or a permit to own or possess a firearm in his or her own residence.”
Amerson said the homeowner, whose name was not released because she is a crime victim, called 911 to report the shooting and break in before midnight. Amerson said her husband was away at work and she was by herself when she heard noises upstairs.....
