Police say a pet pig might have stopped home intruders in Indianapolis, IN. (Source: WXIN via CNN) 
 
 INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN/CNN) – A homeowner in Indianapolis has a different kind of anti-theft system: her pet pig, which police said might have scared away intruders during a recent home break-in. 
 
 The back door of the home is now boarded up after crooks shattered the glass and kicked their way inside. 
 
 "They completely damaged my entire door. The entire door is ruined," said the homeowner, a single mother with four kids who asked not to be identified. 
 
 She said luckily the family wasn't home during the break-in. 
 
 Because the would-be thieves didn't actually steal anything, police suggested the criminals might have been scared away by "Dumplin," the family's pet pig. 
 
 "They were guessing whenever the person broke in, they were probably surprised I had a pig, and were like, 'We don't want to deal with this,'" the homeowner said. 
 
 Dumplin's owner said she rescued the full-grown swine earlier this year. 
 
 "The moment I saw him I knew. He loved me instantly. He's perfect. He's the perfect animal," she said. 
 
 Unfortunately, home break-ins are nothing new in the neighborhood. Dumplin's family bought the east side home just a few weeks ago. 
 
 Including the break-in at Dumplin's home, a search of police reports shows there were three home burglaries on the same day, separated by just two blocks. 
 
 "I guess it's something that I should have looked into," the homeowner said. "I was excited to be buying my first home." 
 
 Dumplin's owner is just relieved the pig didn't get hurt during the crime. She said she wishes more people would adopt pet pigs, even if they won't always keep the bad guys away. 
 
 "There's tons of miniature pigs that are in shelters and rescues that don't have homes, and they're great animals," she said. 
 
 There's no word yet on if police have found the suspects. 
 
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 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- An Indianapolis pet saved a family’s bacon during an unusual home break-in on Indy’s east side this week. 
 
 Police say the crime may have been thwarted by a pet pig. The would be thieves smashed their way into the home through the back door. 
 
 “They completely damaged my door. The entire door is ruined,” said the homeowner. 
 
 That homeowner asked not to be identified, but the single mom with four kids says the family wasn’t home at the time of the break-in. 
 
 “It’s scary to think about what if my kids and I would have been home,” she said. “It’s definitely terrifying you don’t want anything like that to happen.” 
 
 Because the would be thieves didn’t actually steal anything, police suggested the criminals have may been scared away by the family’s pet pig, Dumplin. 
 
 “The officers were guessing when the person broke in they were probably surprised I had a pig and were like, ‘We don’t want to deal with this,’” said the homeowner. “The cop was like we definitely think they got in and made it to where Dumplin was and thought, ‘Nope. We don’t want no part of this.’” 
 
 Dumplin’s owner says she saved the full-grown swine from a rescue earlier this year. 
 
 “The moment I saw him I knew he loved me instantly. He’s the perfect animal,” said the homeowner. 
 
 Unfortunately, home break-ins are nothing new in the neighborhood near Michigan and Sherman. Dumplin’s family bought the east side home just a couple of weeks ago. 
 
 Including the break-in at Dumplin’s home, a search of police reports shows there were three home burglaries on the same day separated by just two blocks. 
 
 “I guess it’s something I should have looked into. It’s common in the neighborhood. I didn’t think about it. I was excited to be buying my first home,” said the homeowner. 
 
 Dumplin’s owner is just relieved the pig didn’t get hurt during the crime and says she wishes more people would adopt pet pigs, even if they won’t always keep the bad guys away. 
 
 “There’s tons of pigs in shelters that don’t have homes and they’re great animals,” said the homeowner. 
 
 Dumplin’s owner hopes the suspects are caught before they break into anyone else’s home. In the meantime, anyone with information on the case can always contact Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS. ||||| CORRECTS DATE OF INCIDENT TO SUNDAY NOT MONDAY AND JAN. 23 PHOTO TO UNDATED PHOTO - This undated photo provided by the city of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Safety shows Juan Brian Jetter-Clark. Authorities... (Associated Press) 
 
 CORRECTS DATE OF INCIDENT TO SUNDAY NOT MONDAY AND JAN. 23 PHOTO TO UNDATED PHOTO - This undated photo provided by the city of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Safety shows Juan Brian Jetter-Clark. Authorities say Jetter-Clark was arrested and charged with criminal trespass after police officers responding... (Associated Press) 
 
 CORRECTS DATE OF INCIDENT TO SUNDAY NOT MONDAY AND JAN. 23 PHOTO TO UNDATED PHOTO - This undated photo provided by the city of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Safety shows Juan Brian Jetter-Clark. Authorities say Jetter-Clark was arrested and charged with criminal trespass after police officers responding... (Associated Press) CORRECTS DATE OF INCIDENT TO SUNDAY NOT MONDAY AND JAN. 23 PHOTO TO UNDATED PHOTO - This undated photo provided by the city of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Safety shows Juan Brian Jetter-Clark. Authorities... (Associated Press) 
 
 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police officers responding to a burglar alarm fatally shot a homeowner, who had grabbed a gun when he spotted an intruder, after shots were fired in their direction as they arrived at his house. 
 
 Police said Monday they weren't sure who shot at them while they were on Christopher Thompkins' front porch. Ballistic evidence was being reviewed. 
 
 Thompkins, 57, died in the gunfire before dawn Sunday. Police did not report finding a gun on the intruder, identified as Juan Brian Jeter-Clark, 23. Jeter-Clark was charged with criminal trespass but could face additional counts. 
 
 Thompkins' ex-wife, Brenda Richmond Thompkins, said she was in bed with him when they spotted an intruder standing nearby. She said he grabbed her gun, not realizing police had already been summoned by their burglar alarm company, and then chased after the intruder down some steps to the home's front door because he was worried about his blind mother, who uses a wheelchair and lives downstairs. 
 
 "Christopher was saying, 'My mom, my mom, my mom, my mom,'" said Richmond Thompkins, who was divorced from Thompkins years ago and had reconciled with him but not remarried. 
 
 She said she fled out the second-floor bedroom window while calling 911. 
 
 "I don't know how they started firing because I wasn't there," she said. "I was going, I was running for my own life." 
 
 Once out the window she yelled at police, "Please don't shoot me. I'm a victim. The guy's still in here." 
 
 Thompkins was sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison for murder for shooting a handyman who tried to break up an argument between the couple in 1994. Thompkins had said the gun fired accidentally. 
 
 Court records show the sentence was vacated by an appellate court, though Richmond Thompkins said Thompkins still wound up serving 10 years in prison. After getting out of prison, Thompkins worked for a cleaning company and later as a dialysis technician. 
 
 Richmond Thompkins said she doesn't believe Thompkins purposely fired at police and believes he would have dropped the gun had officers yelled out to identify themselves. 
 
 "They shot the wrong guy. He didn't want to hurt no cops," she said in a telephone interview. "He was trying to save his mother." 
 
 Court records didn't list an attorney for Jeter-Clark, who remained in the county jail on Monday and couldn't be reached for comment. 
 
 The Allegheny County district attorney is reviewing the shooting. The officers involved have been put on leave pending the outcome of the investigation, which is standard practice. They have not been publicly identified. 
 
 Richmond Thompkins said three men were seen lurking on their block in recent days and one of them looked like Jeter-Clark. She said it's possible the intruder entered the home because Thompkins recently bought a new car. 
 
 The intruder called Thompkins "old head," a slang term for an older person, she said. 
 
 "You know how these kids are," she said. "When they think you got something (valuable), you know how they are."
– Beware of pig: Authorities in Indianapolis are crediting a family's full-grown pig with scaring off a burglar or burglars who broke into a home just weeks after the property was purchased. Per Fox 59, the intruder smashed through the back door but left without taking anything, apparently after encountering the pig known as Dumplin, who was adopted from a rescue shelter. "[Police] were guessing whenever the person broke in, they were probably surprised I had a pig, and were like, 'We don't want to deal with this,'" the homeowner, a single mom with four kids, tells WXIN. Though she wasn't home at the time, she adds an officer informed her the intruder had made it as far as Dumplin's location. "He's the perfect animal," she says.