JOLIET, Ill. - A man who broke into a home in southwest suburban Joliet late Friday night was fatally shot by a woman inside the home.

The incident happened in the 7000 block of Hadrian Drive on the city’s Far West Side, according to the Joliet Police Department.

What we know:

Police responded to the scene around 10:30 p.m. and found signs of forced entry and an unresponsive man on the second floor of the home with an apparent gunshot wound.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers searching the rest of the home also found a woman, who lived in the home, and a baby in an adjacent room. The woman had a handgun, police said.

Investigators learned the victim and her child hid in a bedroom closet with a gun after hearing someone break into the home.

Police believe when the ma

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