A quick-thinking mother hid her baby in a closet on realizing someone was breaking into her home...then shot and killed the intruder.
The unnamed mom sprung into action after hearing the stranger enter her property in a peaceful suburb of Joliet, Illinois, around 10:30pm Friday night.
She rushed her baby into a closet on the second floor of the property and hid the youngster there.
Seconds later, the burglar - who was wearing gloves and wielding a screwdriver - burst into the same bedroom, ABC7 reported. The mother opened fire with a handgun she owned and shot the burglar in the head.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and has yet to be identified. Police rushed to the scene and found the mother and her baby sheltering in an adjacent bedroom.
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