Police: No charges for man who shot intruder

Police: No charges for man who shot intruder

Leroy Hudson, whom police said shot an intruder at his home last month, is pictured in this file photo.

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Story Published: Jul 9, 2007 at 10:48 AM PST

Story Updated: Jul 9, 2007 at 10:07 PM PST

By KATU Web Staff

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PORTLAND, Ore. - An elderly man who shot a suspected intruder in the head at his northeast Portland home late last month will not face criminal charges, officials announced Monday.

The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office completed its review of the June 29 incident and determined the case would not go before a grand jury, police said.

According to police, 71-year-old Leroy Hudson awoke in the early morning hours to the sound of breaking glass and someone moving around in an enclosed porch area of his home in the 10700 block of Northeast Glisan Street.

Police have not elaborated on what happened next but at some point Hudson shot at the suspected intruder.

The injured suspect, 26-year-old Brent Alexander Sweet, was treated at Legacy Emanuel Hospital and released over the past weekend.

Police have charged Sweet with first-degree criminal trespass, and he was scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

 

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