Ohio Self-Defense Shooting: Homicide appears to be case of self defense :: 10/04/2014

LIMA — Someone inside a house used a gun late Wednesday likely to defend a family against several home invaders, one of whom had a gun of his own, witnesses said.

Sandra Wilson said 25-year-old Markquis Hall was shot holding a gun as he tried to climb through a window after shooting at the home 90 minutes earlier. Hall was attempting to get inside when a person inside the home, who she would not identify, fired shots to defend Wilson and her family — including a baby, she said.

"Ain't no telling what he would have done to us up in there. He could have killed us," Wilson said less than 12 hours after the shooting that left Hall injured and killed 24-year-old Ja'Taven Dukes.

A 911 recording of a call made by Shalinda Houston reported Hall's return the third time. susns

"He is here now with the gun again. He just broke down my window. He's coming in," she said, screaming. "Use the gun. Use the gun. He's shooting in my mom's house."
Houston, who ran into a closet with her 9-month-old baby to hide, repeatedly asked the dispatcher to send an officer.

"He's shooting. He has a gun and he's shooting on the inside and there's an infant in here," she said. "Can you all please hurry up."

Police charged Hall with aggravated burglary and he is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday for a bond hearing. Police found Hall at St. Rita's Medical Center receiving treatment for a gunshot wound following the incident.

No one from inside the home at 724 W. Eureka St. has been charged over the incident and Lima Police Maj. Chip Protsman said police are not going to say much about the incident since it's early in the case.

Protsman did say Hall and Dukes were shot as part of the same incident during which they were trying to break into the house.

"They did not shoot each other," Protsman said.

Protsman would not say how many times either man was shot or what type of weapon was used. He said Dukes' body was taken to the Lucas County Coroner's Office for an autopsy.

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