The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA, 03/05/02

Wednesday, May 1, 2002

A 71-year-old woman shot and killed a man who entered her Colville, Wash., home uninvited and attacked her. Sheriff Craig Thayer said his investigation shows that Brian Swiger appeared intoxicated when he entered Bethan Scutchfield's home. Swiger allegedly hit the woman in the face, pushed her to the floor and threatened to break her neck. Scutchfield then got a handgun and, when her attacker came at her a second time, shot him. According to court records, Scutchfield's granddaughter, Jennifer, had been granted a domestic violence protection order against Swiger six months earlier.

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