(KTRK-TV) An 80-year-old great-grandmother shot and killed a home intruder after he beat her husband with a crowbar.
When she saw her husband in distress, Barb Moles rushed to get her gun, a .38-caliber pistol. When the robber came around the corner, she shot him three times.
Deputies say the robber, 25-year-old Steven Sheppard, died at the scene. Investigators believe he intended to burglarize the Moles' home.
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