Dayton man protects own life during home invasion

WDTN (NBC Dayton) is reporting that a man was able to use a gun to protect himself from a home invader.

From the article:

Officers went to the house on Anna Street just after 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday on a report of a burglary in progress.

When officers arrived, they spoke with the homeowner, who said he heard a loud noise near his front door.

He also described seeing a flashlight inside the hallway of his home.

The homeowner, who had a CCW permit, fired his gun at the suspect.

The suspect left and dropped a cell phone inside the house.

According to the article, police arrived on the scene and searched the area.

Officers reportedly found 28-year-old Dawane Kelso in an alley near a house less than one block from the location of the break-in attempt. After making contact with Kelso, he was arrested just after 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

Kelso is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on preliminary charges of burglary and aggravated burglary.

Under Ohio's Castle Doctrine law, if someone unlawfully enters or attempts to enter an occupied home or temporary habitation, or occupied car, citizens have an initial presumption that they may act in self defense, and will not be second-guessed by the State.

Chad D. Baus is the Buckeye Firearms Association Secretary and an NRA-certified firearms instructor. He is co-founder of BFA-PAC, and served as its Vice Chairman for 15 years. He is the editor of BuckeyeFirearms.org, which received the Outdoor Writers of Ohio 2013 Supporting Member Award for Best Website.