Woman shoots intruder armed with knife in her Mesa home

                                                                   

 

 MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- A Mesa woman shot a man who broke into her home and threatened her with a knife.

Mesa police say a man, later identified as 29-year-old Elijah Jones, broke into a woman's home in Mesa near 1st Place and Alma School Road around 3:30 a.m. last Friday.

The woman told police that she was working on yard work when she heard a loud noise from inside her home. When she went to check it out, she discovered Jones in her home armed with a knife. Jones threatened her with the knife before she shot him once in the chest. 

Jones was taken to a hospital. Once discharged, he was charged with first-degree burglary and aggravated assault. In addition to these charges, Jones also had two outstanding arrest warrants, according to police. 

Source: The Armed Citizen