(notes in parentheses)
He picked up his gun on the way to that bedroom when he saw the burglar standing in the hallway. “I quickly noticed someone standing in the entrance way to my bedroom. I just simply reacted, finger went on the trigger, clicked off the safety and I shot him three times...”
(You *do* this, but this is *not* what you tell the police. Instead, you say “I thought he had something like a weapon in his hand, which he was raising towards me in a threatening manner.”)
“He made his escape by pushing my window unit out the window,” He said. “Taking a 12-foot high dive out my bedroom window.”
(As a note, while it might be emotionally gratifying, do not throw a perp out a window any lower than five stories (50 feet)).
He may well have been armed, it is unclear.
From the first report:
“Police say they found the gun in the front yard.”