Police say an Okauchee homeowner shot and killed a man he claims broke into his house.
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"I’m happy that I'm alive today,” Mike Fitzsimmons told TMJ4 reporter Keller Russell.
He says he was asleep inside his home when he heard someone breaking in. He grabbed his flashlight and a gun.
"I confronted the guy and he told me he had a gun. He came at me with a gun,” said Fitzsimmons.
The homeowner told police he confronted the man in the garage and it moved to the back of the house. He says the man cornered him, threatening his life with a gun. Within minutes, Fitzsimmons says it was all over.....
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/128571648.html
Police in the Town of Oconomowoc continue to look into a fatal shooting of 39-year-old James Babe. One of their tasks is to determine whether it was a case of self defense or murder. The shooter said his attorney wouldn't let him say much, but described the event as a matter of saving himself and his personal property.
The family of the man shot and killed is in shock. They admit he had past run-ins with the law, but cleaned up and was on the right path.
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Investigators say the person living inside the home said Babe broke in, was stealing property and pointed a gun at him. That man told investigators he fired a gun at the intruder.
Babe's family adamantly denies the account, doubting the story could have happened that way. Babe's fiance says he does not own a gun and would never have broken into the home or tried to steal items. His family says the night of his death, Babe and his friends were drinking at a nearby bar. He left by himself and that's the last he was seen alive.....
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110828-oconomowoc-shooting,0,6771089.story
.....Babe, a registered sex offender, is a man who is familiar with law enforcement.
Babe was charged in 2004 with disorderly conduct, with possession of marijuana in 2002, with battery in 1999, disorderly conduct in 1998, second degree sexual assault of a child in 1992, burglary in 1992 and taking and driving a vehicle without owner’s consent in 1991.....
http://waukesha.patch.com/articles/report-waukesha-man-killed-when-burglarizing-home