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Homeowner kills intruder after being tased, bitten on West Side: police

A homeowner killed an intruder late Wednesday during a struggle in which the homeowner was tased and bitten in his West Side residence, according to police.

A man broke into a home through a rear window about 10:10 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Chicago Avenue in the Austin neighborhood and was confronted by the homeowner, a 39-year-old man, Chicago police said. The two began fighting.

The alleged intruder was wounded in the "physical confrontation" and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His cause of death is unknown and under investigation by Area North detectives.

The homeowner was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park for scratches, bite marks and Taser injuries from the fight, police said. His condition had stabilized.

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