Homeowner Shoots, Kills Invader

ROSELLE, DE-November 10, 2005 -- This story began Wednesday night when two men made a fatal decision to break into the home of an armed man in Delaware.

The home, on South Woodward Avenue in Roselle, has bullet holes in the windows, evidence of the gunfight that left one armed intruder shot and critically wounded.

The unidentified homeowner told police two men invaded his house. One of them was captured last night and taken for treatment. Today, helicopters took to the air and tracking dogs were called in as part of the search.

The body of one man was found in a weeded area behind a home along Woodward Avenue.

Just after noon, police released the names of the men who were shot. Cleveland Richardson of Wilmington is the man who is hospitalized in serious condition. The man who was killed is 26-year-old Steven Harwood of Wilmington.

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