Homeowner shoots pair of alleged thieves
By Trent Seibert
Denver Post Staff Writer
Feb. 21 - COMMERCE CITY - A trio of would-be robbers with a knife met a homeowner with a gun Saturday night, officials said.
Homeowner: 2
Would-be robbers: 0
Two men were in serious condition Sunday night at Denver Health Medical Center after being shot by the resident of a home they were trying to rob, according to the Adams County Sheriff's Department.
Their alleged partner in the scheme, Elizabeth Staley, 19, of unincorporated Jefferson County, was not hurt and was charged with suspicion of aggravated robbery, Sheriff's Sgt. Craig Coleman said.
The two men, who were not identified by police, most likely will be charged with aggravated robbery as well, officials said.
"As soon as they get out of the hospital, we'll be there to meet and greet them," Coleman said.
The trio apparently had planned to rob an acquaintance in the 7300 block of Leyden Street, officials said.
The three entered the house at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. One of them pulled a knife, police said.
That's when the 39-year-old homeowner, whom police did not identify, went for his a semi-automatic handgun.
"The homeowner pulled out the gun and shot the two men," Coleman said.
He said the three fled the house, piled into a car and drove to a home in the 6500 block of East 63rd Avenue, where one of their cousins lived.
It was from there they called an ambulance, and police said they arrived soon after.
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