Crime & Safety
Decatur Woman Stabs Home Invasion Suspect In Self-Defense
The woman told police the man broke into her home Monday and assaulted her.
DECATUR, GA — A woman stabbed a home invasion suspect in self-defense early Monday after police said he broke into her Flat Shoals Road home and assaulted her, DeKalb County Police said.
The man was known to the woman and was charged on suspicion of six counts of home invasion, police said, not commenting further on the charges.
Police did not release any further information.
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