Victim turns tables on aspiring robbers
Published 10:56 pm Wednesday, July 25, 2007
LEAVENWORTH – A 57-year-old Leavenworth man has transformed himself from victim into something of a hero. Authorities say that when two would-be robbers from Snohomish County with handguns invaded the man’s home Tuesday night, he confronted them, grabbed one of the guns and shot one of the intruders in the hand.
Chelan County Undersheriff Greg Meinzer says the two masked men fled. Two Snohomish County men were later arrested after one of them stopped an ambulance.
The wounded man, a 24-year-old from Everett, was treated at Central Washington Hospital. The other suspect – 24-year-old Aaron Rotherick of Lake Stevens – is charged with first-degree assault and burglary. The wounded man was not immediately charged.
Meinzer did not release the homeowner’s name and says he isn’t sure whether the homeowner knew the masked men or if the attempted robbery was a random crime.
