<br />Arlington Grandma Shoots Intruder, Police Suspect<br /><br />Nov 9, 2005 3:45 pm US/Central<br /><br />A 66-year-old woman shot an intruder who she found hiding in her home.<br /><br />The man, 22-year-old Christopher Lessner, had just fled from police after being pulled over for speeding on Interstate 30. He fled along a creek bottom and eventually scrambled into the womans backyard on Northhaven Court. <br /><br />The intruder tried to break into the house at least twice. There were muddy hand and foot prints on the back of a Suburban parked in the carport. Lessner apparently grabbed onto the back of the car port, got himself up onto the house and tried to break in through a second story window. When that didn't work, he apparently walked along the top of the roof then jumped into the backyard and then ended up kicking in the back door.<br /><br />Once inside, Lessner hid in a front room closet. Little did he know, Buxton, a concealed handgun license owner, would find him. <br /><br />According to reports, when Susan Buxton found the man she told him to lay down and stay still as she held her handgun drawn. <br /><br />He ignored her and tried to grab the gun and even then she didn't shoot, she just backed away and told him again lay down, be still or I will shoot, said Shelly Bugenis, Buxtons daughter said. <br /><br />Lessner darted from the home after Buxton shot him in the leg. He later was found hiding on a nearby balcony. <br /><br />Lessner is recovering at Harris Methodist Hospital. Officials say he faces charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, evading arrest, criminal mischief and criminal trespass. <br /><br />Arlington police do not anticipate filing charges against Buxton
