NJ homeowner kills someone he thought was an intruder (it was his tenant) Dan Alexander Published: August 5, 2025 Lodi home where a basement tenant tried to break in and was fatally shot by the homeowner 8/3/25 (Kyle Mazza UNF News)

🚨Prosecutors say Amr Ali tried to enter a Lodi home through the door and window

🚨The homeowner shot him when he made it inside holding a 'spear-like object'

🚨The distraught homeowner said he and Ali barely knew each other

LODI — A homeowner fatally shot his basement tenant in what appears to be a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Authorities said the homeowner believed Amr Ali, 33, was an armed intruder trying to break in.

Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Ali tried to forcefully enter the home on Garibaldi Avenue through the front doo

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