A Long Beach man allegedly fatally shot a fleeing, unarmed burglar Tuesday night despite her telling him she was pregnant. An investigation is now underway by Long Beach police into whether the shooting was justified or a criminal act.
"All of a sudden, I heard these high-pitched gun shots and I hear some screaming after that," neighbor Kevin Franklin said.
The screams came from 28-year-old Andrea Miller, a reported intruder who would die before the night was over, shot by one fed-up homeowner.
Thomas Greer is the 80-year-old resident who tells police he shot her. He said he came home around 8:55 p.m. to find Miller and an accomplice, 26-year-old Gus Adams, burglarizing his house near Terrylynn Place and Country Club Drive.
There was a violent face-off, according to Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell.
"They jump on him, as he describes, and they beat him with fists, and then throw him, body slam him, basically, on to the floor," McDonnell said. The female continued to strike him, while the male suspect walked over to Greer's safe, attempting to break into it.
Greer tells police he shot at them inside and outside the house but only struck Miller as she fled through the garage and into an alley. She died at the scene; the male suspect fled, but was later arrested.
Investigators are looking into a statement that Greer told the media, that the woman pleaded not to shoot her because she was pregnant. Miller was not visibly pregnant, the L.A. County Coroner's Office will determine whether or not she was pregnant.
The Long Beach Police Department says they have reports of two previous break-ins at Greer's home on Country Club Drive. And Greer says there was a third incident that he did not report. Neighbors say the saw Greer's growing frustration.
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