67 Year Old CT Homeowner Shoots Naked Home Invader Who Tried To Bite Him

MILFORD — A naked intruder shot by a homeowner who said he was protecting himself after a struggle with the man was apprehended by police after he waded into the water behind the man’s house on Point Lookout, police said.

The man, Benjamin Prue, 25, of North Carolina, was captured in knee-deep water and was brought to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he remains in critical condition following a second surgery for a bullet wound in his chest.

Police Chief Keith Mello said the homeowner, Gerald Mirto, 67, shot Prue following a struggle on his back porch. After Prue was shot, Mello said he walked in the surf behind the house.

Prue will be charged with second-degree assault on a person over 60, home invasion, first-degree burglary and criminal mischief, Mello said.

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