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From the Bangor Daily News (ME):

A man in his 70s managed to fire his .22-caliber rifle at a person who broke into his home last week in what may have been a home invasion by people looking for drugs.

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The victims told police that the intruders asked them repeatedly "where the stuff was," Tripp said Tuesday.

At least two people entered the home. Exactly what "stuff" they were looking for was not clear to the couple, he said, but police speculate they may have been looking for drugs.

During the attack, Tripp said, the intruders blindfolded the woman and ordered her to remain in the living room. The man's feet were bound to the footboard of his bed and a pillowcase was placed over his face.

The man managed to get free while the intruders were elsewhere in the house. Tripp said the man fetched a .22-caliber rifle he keeps by the side of his bed and when an intruder returned to the bedroom, the man fired a shot at him.

"A shot was fired into the wall," Tripp said. "They fled the residence."