Reported By www.wsfa.com on 2014-04-04
“One person is dead and a second is under arrest after a robbery early Friday morning in [Alabama] in which the homeowner fired shots. Authorities say 18-year-old Marbury resident Mikel Steven Smith of Marbury was killed when he tried to force his way into a home overnight in the Booth community…. Smith was armed with a knife when he tried to break into the home…. The female homeowner feared for her safety, and for that of her niece, when she fired several shots at the intruder…. Responding officers found Smith’s body about 30 feet away from the home. He was pronounced dead….”