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At 3 a.m. on December 30, two men in their 20s pushed inside Leverette's house and wanted to know where "Snoop" was. When she told them that she didn't know anyone by that name, one of the intruders shot her nephew who was sleeping on the couch On the Couch is an Australian television program formally broadcast on the Fox Footy Channel and it focuses on the current issues in the AFL. This is now broadcast on Fox Sports after the closure of Fox Footy Channel.

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. In response, Leverette grabbed her own pistol and shot at the intruders.

As the intruders fled, Leverette traded gunfire with them, apparently hitting one of them. The two intruders escaped, and the nephew, who was hit in both arms, was treated at a nearby hospital and released. Because Leverette had only moved into the house two weeks previously, police speculate that the intruders wanted a previous occupant occupant n. 1) someone living in a residence or using premises, as a tenant or owner. 2) a person who takes possession of real property or a thing which has no known owner, intending to gain ownership. (See: occupancy) .
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Title Annotation:Exercising The Right; Malika Leverette resort to a gun for defense
Author:Williamsen, Kurt
Publication:The New American
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U7TX
Date:Apr 4, 2005
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