Redmond woman shoots, kills intruder

REDMOND, Ore. -- A man was shot and killed by a woman after he broke into her house in Redmond and tried to attack her with what authorities called an "improvised weapon" as she defended her children.

Deschutes County sheriff's deputies said the 51-year-old woman has not been charged in the Wednesday night death. Identities were not immediately released.

Sheriff's deputies said the woman called 9-1-1 dispatchers just before 11 p.m. to report a man she knew was outside her home, refusing to leave.

As the woman was on the phone with dispatchers, the man broke out a kitchen window and entered the home.

Deputies said the woman had armed herself with a handgun and moved her 8- and 12-year-old children into the bathroom as the man attempted to assault her.