Thread: Police identify home intruder killed by Springville man

(Courtesy photo) Armando Martinez Jr. was shot after allegedly breaking into a couple's home in Springville.

Police identify home intruder killed by Springville man

Break-in » Police say shooting was justified act of self-defense.

By Erin Alberty
and Roxana Orellana
| The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Mar 01 2012 06:33 am
Last Updated Mar 02 2012 11:04 am

Springville • He trudged through the snow Thursday morning, trying 20 doors before he was able to find one he could break into. Then the intruder made himself at home.

He removed his wet clothing and put on some clothes that had been folded in a pile on the sofa. In the kitchen, he found ingredients to make a ham-and-tortilla wrap. He put the leftovers in the family’s refrigerator.

It would be his last meal.

At 2:45 a.m., the intruder went upstairs and woke the couple who lived in the home, said Springville police Lt. David Caron. He told them he had a stolen gun and demanded they get out of bed. He ordered them to get their wallets and take him to an ATM.

So the husband went to his closet.

"The suspect thought he was going to get his wallet, but instead, he grabbed his handgun," Caron said.

The husband shot the intruder once in the chest. The man died at the scene.

Police identified the dead man as 31-year-old Armando Martinez Jr., whose last known address was in Provo.

Caron called the fatal shooting at the duplex near 800 South and 475 East justified self-defense.

"Someone comes to your bedroom at 3 in the morning and says he has a gun, you believe him," he said.

Police identify home intruder killed by Springville man | The Salt Lake Tribune

This behavior sounds like that of an illegal immigrant. No respect for boundaries. Seems to think everything is his for the taking. Another illegal immigrant with a rape and pillage attitude like we see every day here in the ALIPAC archives.

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