Chilling video shows a Georgia homeowner being shot and killed while interrupting burglars at her home.
Anna Scott, 36, was seen pulling up to her home in Decatur late Saturday while at least three burglars were trying to force their way in, according to police, who believe she raced home after seeing the break-in on her doorcam app.
As Scott pulled up in her Jeep, one of the men raised his gun and fired several shots, leaving the vehicle riddled with bullets as the burglars fled, the footage shared by Fox5 Atlanta showed.
A burglar fatally shot a homeowner after she reportedly confronted him while he was robbing her house. DeKalb County Police Department
The trio was seen trying to break into the Decatur, Ga., house when the owner, Anna Scott, pulled up. DeKalb County Police DepartmentFurther doorbell camera footage from a neighbor’s house shows someone running out to help Scott as she lay in the street after the shooting.
Police found Scott with a single gunshot wound.
She was rushed to the hospital but could not be saved.
Her Jeep was found “inches away from her front porch with multiple bullet holes in it,” the DeKalb County Police Department said in a statement.
“It was gunshots … rapid gunshots,” one neighbor told Fox5 Atlanta.
One of the alleged burglars opened fire on Scott’s Jeep, killing her. DeKalb County Police DepartmentJerome Willis, who knew Scott, said it was particularly “shocking because this is a quiet neighborhood.”
“I’m just so sorry to hear about her passing away,” Willis said. “They should find [the killer] as quick as possible … for somebody to just kill an innocent person.”
Police have not identified any suspects and there have been no arrests.
