Lehi man shoots at intruder, chases him away

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LEHI -- Tense moments in Lehi Tuesday after police set up a perimeter
looking for a suspect in a home-invasion robbery.

The all clear has been given, but there are a lot of worried
neighbors. They saw dozens of police cars in the street and officers
with weapons and K-9s looking for a man who tried to stab someone
inside his home.

Around 2 p.m. a 23-year-old man reported to police that someone broke
inside his home near 2400 North and 800 West. He said the man tried to
stab him, so he grabbed a gun and fired a shot at the intruder and
chased him away through the back door.

Police from Lehi, American Fork and Saratoga Springs, as well as Utah
County sheriff's deputies, searched for the suspect for nearly an
hour.

The victim's sister, Annie, told KSL, "What happened, what we've been
told, is that someone tried to stop my brother. I guess my brother
shot at him and missed and scared the guy off, and he ran away."

Greg Neer, with the Lehi Police Department, said, "We do not have a
suspect in custody. We have a description of him. He's wearing ...
he's described as wearing a black tank top with cammo shorts, some
Nike running shoes and his hair was light brown, has a little bit
spiky in the front."

Neighbors were obviously alarmed to be told by police to stay inside
their homes, especially after hearing the suspect could be armed with
a knife.

In the end, no suspect was found, and right now detectives are
interviewing the victim at the police station to try and find out more
information.

Police are still unsure if the suspect was hit, and at this point
aren't giving any more information about what happened.

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