News From Terre Haute, Indiana

August 13, 2007

Suspect burglar shot inside home Sunday

Staff Report

TERRE HAUTE — Police were investigating a burglary that happened Sunday morning in which the suspect ended up in Terre Haute Regional Hospital.

An 18 year-old-man was home in the 2000 block of Washington Avenue when a man wearing black clothing and a mask entered the home around 4 a.m.

Police would not disclose how the burglary suspect got shot, but he ended up in the hospital about 50 minutes later with “buck shot” embedded in his body, police said.