TROTWOOD, Ohio (WDTN) — Police say a Trotwood woman took matters into her own hands, opening fire on three men who broke into her home, killing one of them.
The deadly home invasion happened before 6 a.m. Monday in the 3200 block of Atlas Road.

Trotwood Police say the homeowner was at home with her four children when three armed men wearing ski masks forced their way inside the house.

Police say the suspects grabbed the woman, assaulted her, and forced her into a back bedroom, holding her at gunpoint. Officers say the suspects were trying to steal a safe. At one point, the woman was able to get away, and grabbed a gun hidden in a dresser. Police say when she fired the gun at the suspects, they ran out of the home.

Police say the deceased is a male in his 20s from the Dayton area, and that he was in the yard between the victim's home and another house, still armed with a TEC 9 submachine gun.