Break-in.Shortly after he awoke a·woke v. A past tense of awake. awoke Verb a past tense and (now rare or dialectal) past participle of awake on the morning of July 9, John McCarroll of Baton Rouge, Louisiana For the Canadian restaurant, see . Baton Rouge (from the French bâton rouge), pronounced /ˈbætn ˈɹuːʒ/ in English, and , noticed a suspicious vehicle parked in the driveway of a house he owns that is located next to his own home. The residence had been burglarized in the past, so McCarroll grabbed a flashlight, armed himself with a handgun, and went to investigate. When he flashed a light into the dwelling, a stranger (later identified as Arthor McNeil) bolted past him and jumped into the parked car. In an attempt to apprehend the intruder An attacker that gains, or tries to gain, unauthorized access to a system. See attacker, intrusion and IDS. , McCarroll shot out the car's tires, after which McNeil tried to run him over. Fearing for his safety, McCarroll fired two additional shots that struck McNeil in the chest and an arm. McNeil managed to drive away, but within minutes police found his car parked at his home. He was arrested, taken to a local hospital for treatment of his wounds, and charged with simple burglary and aggravated assault A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he or she attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another or causes such injury purposely, knowingly, or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or attempts to cause or purposely or . McCarroll told the July 10 Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. Advocate that he hopes
publicity about the incident will at least "stop the burglaries
next door for a while."
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