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Indianapolis homeowner says he shot intruder with suspect’s own gun during struggle: ‘Like a movie’

Brent Smith said he had to fight for his life against an armed intruder inside his Indianapolis home before exchanging gunfire with other suspects outside.

An Indianapolis homeowner described fighting for his life against an armed intruder as something out of a movie after he wrestled away the suspect’s gun and killed him Tuesday night.

Brent Smith told FOX59 Indianapolis that a masked man broke into his home just before 7 p.m. and smacked him in the head with a gun during an attempted robbery. Smith said he fought back against the intruder, crashing through a glass table with the suspect during the struggle.

"It was like a movie, me and him wrestling over the gun," Smith said.

Smith told the outlet that he shot the would-be robber with his own weapon before hearing what sounded like "thousands of gunshots" from outside.

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Smith said he exchanged gunfire with additional suspects outside, first with the intruder’s gun and then his own before the suspects drove away. The gunfire had damaged the home’s front door and shattered the windows of a parked car in the street.

Police responded to the home and found the suspected intruder, identified as 22-year-old Damon Swanigan Jr., dead on the front step, the station reported.

Smith told the station that he had acted in self-defense and was just trying to survive the ordeal.

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"That doesn’t make no sense man. I didn’t want to do that," Smith said of killing the intruder. "I don’t know his intention, but I didn’t want to be shot. That’s just all there is to it."

Police initially took Smith in for questioning but later released him without any charges.

No details were immediately provided about the suspects who fled the scene.

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