WALNUT, Calif.—Walnut officials stressed the city’s safety on May 22 and said the sheriff’s department would be “utilizing all of their resources to investigate” the shooting death of a suspected burglar by a homeowner.
A 27-year-old man and his 26-year-old wife said they heard footsteps at about 4 a.m. Saturday while they were inside their home in the 20000 block of East Country Hollow Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The couple was investigating the sound when the man “was confronted by a male suspect armed with a handgun and a shooting ensued,” sheriff’s officials said….