Reported By www.thenewstribune.com on 2014-11-20
“A 62-year-old man and his 66-year-old wife were home … the woman taking a bath…. Three men knocked on the door and then forced their way inside when the man, who didn’t recognize them, tried to close the door, police said. One of the intruders was armed with a knife, another with a gun. They beat the man, who needed stitches to close a head wound, and cut his wife’s hand after dragging her out of the bathtub…. The intruders then tied up the couple before searching the house for valuables, police said. At one point the robbers went outside, and the man was able to free himself and lock the front door. He and his wife then retreated to their bedroom and locked that door as well…. The bandits broke through the front door, firing a shot as they did so…. The man retrieved his own gun from a lock box and fired two shots when a pair of the bandits forced the bedroom door open…. Police believe the man hit one of the robbers, who then fled. An hour or so later in Federal Way, police were called to the scene of a dead man with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of an apartment complex….”