The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office reported that on February 26th, a homeowner in Austinsville, Virginia shot a naked woman who had broken into his home and attacked him with a hard cast iron frying pan.
When the police arrived, they found the suspect had been shot in the leg. Emergency services provided medical treatment and transported her to a hospital.
Investigation revealed that the homeowner had heard an unusual noise coming from the back of his home and, upon investigating, discovered an unknown, unclothed woman entering his house.
The woman then began hitting him with a cast iron frying pan. The homeowner managed to get the woman out of the house and secure his home. However, she returned to the back porch and started to turn off the electrical breakers while yelling at the homeowner to leave and threatening to kill him.
In response, the homeowner grabbed a gun and shot the woman in the lower leg.
The suspect has been identified as 35-year-old Paula Michelle Locklear.
She has been released from the hospital and is charged with felony breaking and entering, assault and battery, and property damage. She is currently awaiting arraignment in Carroll County General District Court.
The police have declared that the homeowner will not be charged, as the shooting was in self-defense.