Off-duty officer shoots home intruder

PUBLISHED: September 26, 2011 at 1:00 AM CDT | UPDATED: August 23, 2021 at 6:44 AM CDT

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An off-duty Wood Dale police detective shot an intruder who broke into the officer’s home near Wheaton over the weekend, authorities said today.

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