GULFPORT, Miss. ( WLOX /Gray News) — A woman shot and killed a man whom she had a protective order against after he broke into her home, according to the Gulfport Police Department in Mississippi.

Police said the man died after a home invasion on Thursday morning.

Police received a 911 call just after 7 a.m. reporting that a man broke into a home on 21st Street through a window. He was reportedly armed with a knife and a hammer.

When the man broke in, two women were inside. Both had active protective orders against him.

Investigators said one of the women suffered a minor knife wound, but both managed to escape and barricaded themselves in another room of the home.

Police said the uninjured woman then retrieved a gun and shot the intruder, killing him.

The Harrison County Coroner i

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