You don't need a firearm for self defense............

The Police Will Protect You............

Police say 76-year-old Leon Winder says he called 911 after he heard loud noises at his home on Patterson Ave. around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday.

Officers searched the home, saw a broken window but didn't find anyone......

“I saw a coat on the floor and I looked to pick the coat up. I looked to my left to get the coat up and the guy was standing in the closet,” Winder recalled.

Winder said fired twice and hit the man in the arm........

That's when the suspect, identified by police as 37-year-old John Buck Fields, ran out and was caught by police.

Fields faces a charge of burglary once he is released from the hospital, Hampton Police said.

Police say Winder won't face charges.

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