Police investigate fatal shooting of alleged home intruder

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ Police are investigating after a Springfield homeowner
reported he had fatally shot someone breaking into his home.Lt. Chris Wells said officers found 36-year-old Christopher Seitz dead at the
home early Wednesday.

Wells said the homeowner has been cooperating with the investigation.

The Springfield News-Leader reports Travis Hollingsworth said his father, who
is a Pentecostal minister, shot the man. Hollingsworth lives across the street
from his parents.

Hollingsworth said his mother called him to say his father had just shot an
intruder. He says he is not aware of his father ever shooting his gun in
self-defense before Wednesday.

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