[DeTomaso] Pantera owner in shootout with Burglar

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Some time ago, I advertised a Pantera for sale for a guy named Jay Leone.

Jay was almost 90, and needed to move the car to a new home.

Here is the car:

http://www.provamo.com/Members/Registry/RegistryImages/RTHPNMY04564/RTHPNMY04564.asp

Anyway I just read a news report:

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/90-year-old-man-fends-attempted-burglary-during-sh/nGFxD/

GREENBRAE, Calif. - 
A Marin County burglar picked the wrong house to target late Wednesday morning when he
ended up in a gun battle with a 90-year-old World War II-veteran that left both men
hospitalized.

At around 10:45 a.m., police said the intruder -- 30-year-old Samuel Cutrufelli -- may
have been trying to commit a burglary that turned into a shootout with elderly but
well-armed property owner Jay Leone at the house on Via La Cumbre.

"He was home alone when his door was kicked open," Twin Cities Police Sgt. Mike Norton
told KTVU. "The suspect entered and basically took him captive. The victim was able at one
point to arm himself with a firearm and shoot the suspect three times. The suspect had his
own fire arm. He was able to shoot the victim one time."

Police say the suspect fled, but called police less than a mile away, claiming to have
shot himself accidentally.

KTVU spoke with a woman who was just steps away when the shooting started. Sara Navon
rents a downstairs room in the house where the shooting took place.

She said she was not surprised that her landlord -- a former military man who also worked
in law enforcement -- fought off the suspected intruder with deadly force.

Navon didn't know it at first, but her 90-year-old landlord was in a fight for his life
just one floor above her in the Greenbrae home where they both live.

"I shouted for him 'Jay! Jay!'" said Navon.

Leone had been shot in the face, but Navon said his act of bravery made good on a promise
he made to her years ago.

"He always told me," remembered Navon. "Sometimes I would be scared. He said 'Don't worry.
I'm above and I have a weapon. I was the best sniper.  I'm good.' And I said 'Ok!'"

Police said both men are in stable condition at Marin General Hospital.

The suspect Cutrufelli will be charged with burglary and attempted murder.


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