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MAN JAILED AFTER SHOOTING AT FLEEING BURGLAR

(Connersville, IN)--In Connersville Thursday morning, a homeowner was holding a would-be burglar at gunpoint, but ended up going to jail himself.  It happened in the 1500 block of Grand Avenue.  The home’s occupant, identified as Jesse Wilson-Young saw a suspicious person approach his back door on his Ring doorbell.  Wilson-Young got a .20 gage shotgun and tried to contain the person while calling 911.  The suspect fled before police arrived and tried to climb a wooden fence.  Wilson-Young then allegedly fired at the suspect.  Officers do not believe the person was hit.  Wilson-Young was then arrested for criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon for firing while the suspect was fleeing.  The burglary suspect could not be immediately apprehended.