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Columbia homeowner kills man breaking into their house, deputies say

Officers say it began with a domestic situation that happened hours earlier.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Richland County deputies say a person shot and killed a man who was breaking into their home.

Officers say around 6:15 a.m. on Saturday, December 14, they got a call of a shooting at a home on Wellesley Drive. 

Hours earlier, deputies say they'd been to that same house for a call of a domestic situation, but a man who was involved in that incident left the scene before they got there. That man later returned, deputies say, and attempted to break through a window. 

The homeowner then shot the man. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

This investigation into the incident continues. 

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