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Elderly Woman Fights Off Home Intruder
Reported by Angela Atalla
Web Produced by Christiana Ciolac

	A 69-year-old woman scared away a young man who entered her home. Video

Detroit Police are looking for a thief who was stopped in his tracks by someone he thought was an easy target.

Officials say the woman was very brave. In fact, she may be small in stature, but she is big in the bravery department.

The intruder remains on the loose and the 69-year-old woman is trying to recover from a terrifying ordeal. It happened Monday night around 7:30 when the man broke into her home, near Sherwood and 7 Mile.

The man was confronted with something he probably was not expecting. The homeowner, who is slightly hard-of-hearing, had heard enough to know that something was wrong, so she grabbed a kitchen steak knife to defend herself.

The man tried to break into the window at first. Then he went around to the side of the house where he forced his way in. The 69-year-old woman and the intruder actually got into a scuffle, but she scared him off.

The man is described as a black man between 25 and 30-years-old, about 230 pounds with a dark complexion. He took off down the alley behind this woman's home on a black bicycle. If you have any information, call Detroit Police.

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