Convicted felon opens fire on armed homeowner who confronts him burglarizing car, cops say. But homeowner is the better shot.

An armed Florida homeowner confronted a convicted felon who was burglarizing his car in his driveway in late December, police said. But after the felon opened fire at the homeowner, the homeowner returned fire and wounded the suspect, police said.

The City of Palm Bay Police Department said the suspect in question has been identified as 26-year-old Javone Williams, WOFL-TV reported. Palm Bay is about four miles south of Melbourne on the state’s east coast.

Jail records also indicate Williams was arrested three other times in 2024, once in 2023, four times in 2020, twice in 2017, and twice in 2016.

Officers told the station they responded to reports on Dec. 27 of a suspicious vehicle in the area of the 500 block of Titan Road SE. One

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