Intruder shoots at homeowner, kills self as police move in
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. -- A man is dead after the Douglas County Sheriff's Office says he shot at a homeowner and then killed himself as police closed in.
Deputies were called to a rural residence in the 5700 block of Willis Creek Road just before 12:30 a.m., for a report of a burglary in progress.
The home is located south of the Roseburg area.
Authorities say a homeowner had come home and found a burglar inside his house. The man reported that the burglar had shot at him but missed.
As the man was on the phone with dispatchers, the intruder shot at him again.
The burglar left the house on foot as deputies and officers from the Douglas County Sheriff's office, Roseburg Police Department and Oregon State Police responded.
When officials arrived they set up a perimeter around the area.
The suspect, later identified as Jonathan Bunch, 26, was found near a barn at a nearby property by a Roseburg officer.
Authorities say Bunch fired a round, and it appeared that he shot at the officer.
The area was surrounded and the the Sheriff's office Tactical Response Team and negotiators responded to the scene.
Officials say Bunch was seen lying under a parked vehicle at the residence.
The tactical team was able to determine that Bunch was not moving, and moved in.
They discovered that Bunch was deceased, and the Deputy Medical Examiner checked the body.
Authorities say Bunch committed suicide with a handgun.
No shots were fired by law enforcement officers according to the Sheriff's office. They also say the homeowner did not fire any shots.
An examination of the homeowner's residence found that that multiple rounds had been shot by Bunch at the man.
The Sheriff's office says Bunch was a suspect in several other recent crimes in this area.
Sheriff's detectives and the Medical Examiner's office are continuing the investigation.
no trial needed
Another thief down. Now if we could just get the rest of them to follow suit.
at least bunch is dead and not the homeowner. bunch probaby was high on meth at the time.Â
A heart warming story.........
Ah but the FBI will use this as a crime stat. It will show as a gun death in association with a crime.
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I do appreciate when repeat offenders save us all some money though...
Thanks a bunch, Bunch, for saving Oregon taxpayers thousands of $. No defense lawyer will get any of our money. (YAY!!!!)
 @Bdou I second that! One less scumbag in the world...Â
Well Correct... Whatcha YOU gonna do when the Boogy Man comes knocking at your door? throw slices of bread at him?Â
Gun people. Cray-cray.
Justice was served.
I wonder if we would look at this story differently if the burglar came to the home unarmed, found an unsecured gun inside the house, and was shooting at the homeowner with the homeowner's own gun? It might explain the burglar's crappy marksmanship if he was unfamiliar with the gun or had never fired one before.. The story doesn't indicate either way how he got the gun, so either scenario is possible. Yeah, either way the burglar is still a turd, but if he found that gun unsecured in the house, the homeowner bears at least a portion of responsibility for not securing his weapon. Burglaries like these are VERY common ways for turds to get their hands on guns.Â
 @StealthActivist Wow, that's some story! so a criminal breaks into my home, steals my computer an then commits identity theft with it. Still think the original owner of the computer should be held liable for the criminals actions?
 @Owt_Raged Last time I checked, computers weren't often used as instruments for causing serious physical injury or death. That said, my concern is that the cavalier attitudes of gun owners will lead to even MORE regulation, which might be avoided if gun owners voluntarily accept responsibility for securing their weapons. There are two facts that are hard to dispute: 1) Gun ownership is very common, and 2) Residential burglary is very common. Given those facts, none of us should be surprised that so many turds are able to get their hands on guns during residential burglaries. The Clackamas Town Center shooter springs to mind.. Anyway, a turd is a turd, and yes they're responsible for their own crimes, but that doesn't mean we gun owners have to make it easy for them. Get a good gun safe and use it.Â
@StealthActivist @Owt_Raged Your logic is absurdly flawed. Using your logic, a person injured or killed by a drunk driver would share the blame with the drunk if they happened to not be wearing their seat belts.Â
Your critical thinking skills are not serving you well.Â
@StealthActivist Why did you insert this made-up stuff about the intruder shooting at people with the homeowner's very own unsecured gun?
 @Mechanic  @StealthActivist Read again. I didn't insert anything, just wondered aloud about the circumstance, since the news story doesn't say..
And if people's comments might be different IF the burglar was armed with the homeowner's own gun. It kinda suggests gun owners might consider doing their very best to secure their weapons, when they are not actually in the owner's possession. That way it's harder for some turd to steal your gun and shoot you, or shoot up a shopping mall, grade school, etc.
@StealthActivist @SilverGuardian @Mechanic While you are correct that SOME guns are acquired via burglaries, the greatest percentage of illegal firearms are gotten through straw purchases from gun stores and shows. Your conclusion that somehow, someone who illegally broke into a home and stole a firearm is not 100% to blame for the criminal activity carried with the gun is absolutely ludicrous. Claiming that the home/gun owner is partially responsible is absurdly flawed thinking.Â
 @SilverGuardian  @Mechanic Thanks, Guardian.Â
I just love the thundering silence from my fellow gun owners when I suggest there's something WE can do to help reduce gun violence, simply by securing our guns in a proper gun safe. To follow up on Mechanic's comment, I don't know whether the burglar showed up already armed or found a gun inside the house, because the news report doesn't say, but the assumption throughout this forum is that he showed up there already armed. Whether or not that's true, I'd bet money he acquired that gun during a residential burglary. A decent gun safe would likely have prevented that, and the homeowner might have avoided getting shot at.
 @StealthActivist  @Mechanic I agree with you, Stealth.  If all gun owners always made sure their guns were secured, we'd have fewer people screaming for more gun laws.  The shooting in Connecticut wouldn't have happened, for one.   Firearms are the second-leading cause of non-natural deaths for kids.  Those are just TWO of the reasons for securing your firearms.  We didn't secure ours, but we did secure the ammo and always made sure there was none IN the guns when we had them.  When we moved from a rural area to a well populated area, we didn't feel safe with the guns at all.  We got rid of them all.
@StealthActivist "I didn't insert anything, just wondered aloud about the circumstance, since the news story doesn't say.." That's called making things up. You certainly did insert your imagination into this one. And a totally extraneous thought it seems to be.
Sorry if you steal something, the original owner is no longer responsible for how whatever is stolen is used. If you steal my truck and drive it into a building, my insurance doesn't cover it, your worthless *** does.
 @Jeepers Jeepers, I am pretty sure that's incorrect.  Auto insurance covers the vehicle, not the person driving it.  Hopefully, your insurance won't go up because of a burglar crashing your car, but your insurance should cover all expenses of repairing your car and the building it hits.  It would rather make me sad if it also covered medical expenses for the *** who had stolen it, but I suspect it would.
 @Jeepers Huh, that's strange, my insurance company covers my vehicle no matter who's driving it, even if it's stolen. But keeping the topic on guns... I'd hate to come home and find a burglar in my house, shooting at me with one of my own guns. That's why I keep mine in a gun safe. It's not necessarily foolproof, but it makes it a lot more difficult for turds to get their hands on guns during burglaries.Â
If this was at my house the headline would have read :Armed intruder met by hail of gunfire" Â Guys like this is why I am prepared!!!
 @Siwash And yet, it was unnecessary.  The man offed himself and no one else needs to deal with having caused a death.  I would rather deal with having been shot, than deal with knowing I'd shot someone.  Death is just a step we all will take some day.  Frankly, if an armed intruder enters my house and kills me, I am of the opinion that I chose to die, that day.  And I want my family to know that it is my choice.  I don't say that lightly.  Everything in our lives is done at a perfect time.  It behooves us to recognize it and deal with it.  Our tomorrow depends on how we handle our today and yesterdays. Â
@SilverGuardian @Siwash "I would rather deal with having been shot, than deal with knowing I'd shot someone." - The words of a human sheep.Â
 @SilverGuardian I find it honorable that you choose to like your life that way.  Just don't try to force it on anyone else.
 @Siwash See, you have manners. You are prepared to greet guests. Wanted and unwanted. Well done!Â
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Great! The moron saved the taxpayer thousands of dollars!
@wondering You've ment hundreds of thousands of dollars, correct?
No one would help Mr. Bunch; that 12-Step religious cult nonsense I'm sure is in his COURT ORDERED past....HUGE BODY count that 12-step religious cult has...HUGE!
@August100 What the hell are you babbling about? Blaming a church he may or may not have gone to under court order is pretty week dude.
@Jeepers I think he was talking about AA or drug treatment NOT doing any good. That's what I got from it anyway.Â
Weak
One less career criminal roaming the streets. Way to man up and do the right thing Jonathan!
he's wearing one of those suicide vests in the mugshot
One of his previous arrests I'm sure!
@jpk would love to see his list of priors
No real need to know about them except that he has them. Obviously he was rehabilitated according to the existing systems in place!
Thanks a Bunch, Jonathan, for not tying up the criminal justice system!
Does he have the word tampon tattoo'd on his neck or am I seeing things?
 @JohnQ.PublicÂ
Looks like "Bambi" to me, but any stripper's name would do just as well.
Score one for the taxpayers! No court, no trial, no jail or prison, no parole officer! This lamebrain saved us a bunch of money.
 @OCJohn Score 1 for society!
Well, at least the bad guys are self destructing now. We won't have to worry about him any more.
 I wonder what human society will be like in 100 years.
 @lee986321 Human society in general or in the USA? In 100 years the USA will be just like the movie "Idiocracy" at the rate it's going. Glad to say I will be long dead by then!
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hmm also he gave himself a sentence..Sentence in HELL..that is one sentence I would never want to serve. and it is escape proof to.
 @lee986321 Don't make me get out my Bible and Smack you with it!
Not just a product of his obviously poor upbringing but also that of his community. It's simply refreshing to hear a bad situation turn out for the lesser of two evils. Too bad he had to loose his life though. I wonder what would have become of him if he'd of chosen a different path and followed through. Guess we'll never know, but I have to wonder if anyone would have given him the benefit of a doubt.Â
@JohnPDX I am thinking about it the same way. A young man life's lost. There are a carrier criminals of  all kinds not  giving us this kind of favor.
 @JohnPDX I don't necessarily think that this man was a product of poor upbringing. After all, he was someone's son. How he was taught in the home is not in the article.Â
 It makes me wonder if he was burglarizing for drug money - as most are. That next "fix" just drives these people to the point of insanity. THAT - illicit drugs and their behaviors - are purely evil.
We'll never know what his motive was, as he solved the problem himself.Â