BERWICK TOWNSHIP, Pa. —UPDATE: Pennsylvania State Police said an Adams County homeowner fatally shot an intruder who assaulted him and his wife inside their home.
State police said they received numerous calls around 11:22 a.m. Wednesday about a man who was trying to get into a home and banging on vehicles on Green Springs Road in Berwick Township.
That man, who troopers identified as 54-year-old Steven Shaffer, then entered the home of a married couple in their 70s through an unlocked front door and began assaulting the man, state police said.
When the man told his wife to get a firearm from a bedroom, state police said, Shaffer followed the woman and assaulted her.
State police said the woman's husband retrieved the gun and fired multiple shots, killing Shaffer.
Both victims were taken to a hospital. State police said the woman sustained significant injuries and is in critical condition.
State police said Shaffer lives near the victims but they did not know him.
