Police are working with the DA's office on a bizarre shooting case in Reading -- they say a man fired shot out of his second floor window and hit two alleged thieves out on the street. >>> wendy davis: Is that kind of shooting justified? It happened early this morning on the north side of Reading. WFMZ's Jennifer Joas is live at police headquarters in Reading with the details. >Police tell us one man took the law into his own hands...when he saw two men allegedly breaking into his car. He shot them both. And now...authorities are trying to determine if they should charge anyone.>>REPORTER: Shots rang out around 1:30 in the morning in the 1200 block of North 11th Street in Reading. >>anne kilian "i got kind of scared when i heard the gunshots last night. i was able to call the police but i couldn't tell them anything except that we heard the gunshots and heard footsteps, somebody running." >>reporter: When police arrived on scene...they found a man...claiming he was trying to stop two thieves in the act. >>sgt. matthew schappell: "He was inside of his home, he heard glass break and looked outside to see two individuals, looked like they were breaking into his car. He reported to us that he fired two shots at them and the suspects fled." >>reporter: Both alleged thieves turned up about a half an hour later at the hospital with gunshot wounds. One man had been shot in the chest, the other in the ankle. Some neighbors tell us they understand why the man fired shots.>>ANNE: "He was protecting his property so i think he had every right in the world.">>REPORTER: While others feel shooting the suspected thieves was unnecessary.>>LARRY kilian: "If the car was outside and he shot from a window, that's not justified. If we were in our apartment and somebody attacks us, breaks in, that's justified. Shooting outside, i don't believe is justified." >>reporter: The shooter is cooperating with police and consented to a search of his vehicle. The shooting victims do not have life threatening injuries.>>Police have turned over the case to the District Attorney. He is reviewing the case and determing if the shooter was justified...and if he...or the suspected thieves...should face charges. Live in Reading, Jennifer Joas, 69 News.>>>
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