Mississippi Self-Defense: Burglar caught, held at gunpoint in Tupelo home :: 03/25/2017

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Police in Tupelo have arrested a man whom officers say was caught burglarizing a home and was held at gunpoint until they arrived.

Khalil Hobson was arrested early Friday and charged with burglary of an inhabited dwelling.

According to officers, Hobson got into a home on Deer Run Road before 2 a.m.  They say the two people in the home were awakened by their dogs and found Hobson there.

One of them pointed a gun at him until police showed up.  Officers say he tried running from the home but they caught him.

Lee County Justice Court Judge Chuck Hopkins set the defendant's bond at $75,000.

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