MAN FATALLY SHOOTS INTRUDER OUTSIDE HIS DEKALB COUNTY HOME

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - Dekalb Police released new details in a deadly shooting in Dekalb County Thursday.

Police said shortly after one in the morning they responded to a shooting in the 2800 block of Panthersville Court. Detectives said when they arrived they found a man shot to death outside a home.

The resident told CBS46 he was awakened by a man trying to break into his home and that’s when he started shooting.

The man showed CBS46 the bullet holes right by his front door.

Jeffery’s neighbor was sweating and visibly shaken after telling CBS46 he shot and killed a man outside his door.

He said he doesn’t know what the intruder was after and he was acting in self defense.