A Summerfield man was going to bed when four masked strangers shot his dog, then forced their way into the home. When one of the intruders fired through the closed front door into the home, the homeowner called for his girlfriend to get his shotgun and throw it to him. She did so successfully, and the homeowner fired one round into the lead intruder, causing him and the others to flee. The wounded home invader later died of his injuries.