CENTERVILLE, Pa.—A district attorney says he won't charge a man with fatally shooting an intruder who was breaking into an attached garage at the man's southwestern Pennsylvania home.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ( http://bit.ly/Lc9zSs) reports Thursday that Washington County District Attorney Eugene Vittone II says 59-year-old Martin Swarrow was justified in shooting the burglar on Thanksgiving morning.

State police say 30-year-old Elijah Malanosky, of Cokeburg, was breaking into the garage when Swarrow awoke about 4:30 a.m. and fired a warning shot before firing a second fatal shot into Malanosky's torso.

Vittone says the shooting is justified under Pennsylvania's castle doctrine because "Malanosky placed Swarrow in fear for his life through aggressive behavior."

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Information from: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, http://pghtrib.com