WWII vet fights off intruder

Shootout ensues after the intruder broke in

Updated: Wednesday, 02 Dec 2009, 11:53 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 02 Dec 2009, 11:47 AM EST

(CNN) - Police are looking for a suspect in a violent home invasion Monday night in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania.

Donald Kaighn, 84, said a woman claimed her car broke down and he let her inside. She then sprayed him with lighter fluid and wrestled him in the kitchen.

However, the WWII vet Kaighn is a gun collector. He grabbed one of his many guns in the house. She ran upstairs, but he pursued her with his gun in his hand. Kaighn believes she took two of his guns from upstairs and a shootout followed.

He was able to get downstairs and call 911. When police arrived, she was gone, along with some jewelry. Police said she jumped out of a second-floor window.

Police have released a sketch of the subject.

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