Mark Smith shot and killed one of two men who broke into his family's Detroit home Wednesday. His only regret: accidentally hitting his wife with one of the slugs from the .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol.
Like many in Detroit, the 64-year-old gold and jewelry resale shop owner is fed up with the crime that has permeated most neighborhoods in the struggling city.
The attack on Smith and his 63-year-old wife, Linda Hassell, in their northwest Detroit home was at least the third in less than two months in which a homeowner shot and killed an intruder.
Last month,
a 38-year-old woman fatally shot a 19-year-old man who broke into her west side Detroit home.
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75-year-old man shot and killed an 18-year-old who had forced open a side door to his northwest Detroit home in March.
For Smith, who was robbed at gunpoint several years ago, protecting himself and his wife was all that mattered Wednesday...
