A Naperville school was placed on lockdown Monday morning after a burglar escaped from a home owner who fired shots at him.
69-year-old Richard Niemiec says he fired eight shots from his 9 millimeter pistol.
The would-be burglar escaped out the back door leaving behind frosty footprints but no blood.
For a few hours, the nearby Steeple Run Elementary School was on lockdown.
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