Police: Florida man chases down suspected burglar, shoots him
By Associated Press
(Photo: Miami-Dade Corrections)
MIAMI - A 28-year-old Florida man who chased an attempted burglar down the street and shot him with an assault-style rifle as he begged for his life has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
Corthoris Jenkins told investigators he was playing video games when the man burst into his Miami area apartment on Tuesday, the Miami Herald reported.
Instead of calling 911, police said Jenkins grabbed the gun and ran after the man, who fell to his knees.
“He begins to what appears to be to beg for his life,” Miami-Dade Detective Iry Watson told a judge on Wednesday afternoon. “But the defendant takes the assault rifle and shoots him multiple times.”