BY TERRI SANGINITI • THE NEWS JOURNAL • OCTOBER 29, 2010
A 51-year-old Glasgow woman who had an active protection-from-abuse order against her ex-husband shot and killed him late Thursday when he broke into her bedroom and started beating her, police said today.
The fatal shooting occurred about 11:30 p.m. when New Castle County police received a 911 call from a home in the 300 block of Norman Drive in the Eagle Trace Townhouse community, reporting a shooting.
Upon arrival, officers found the intruder dead in the bedroom and the woman with injuries to her face, said county police spokesman Senior Cpl. Trinidad Navarro.
The dead man was identified as 57-year-old Gregory Thompson, who was living somewhere in Pennsylvania.
An investigation revealed that Thompson had used a ladder to get into her third-floor bedroom window while she was sleeping, Navarro said.
When he entered the bedroom, Thompson began punching the woman while she was sleeping.
The woman, who had a handgun in the house in close proximity because she feared her ex-husband’s violence, grabbed the gun and shot him.
She then ran out of the bedroom and called 911.
Navarro said the woman was active with New Castle County victim advocates.
Police said the victim sought the protection-from-abuse order against her husband from previous violent encounters, Navarro said.
At the time of Thompson’s death, he was sought by police for violating a PFA order and causing significant damage to the victim’s car.
A warrant was issued for his arrest Oct. 3 because Thompson keyed the woman’s car and violated the protection order.
Officers attempted to arrest him at the time, but could not locate him.
Navarro said an officer did reach Thompson by telephone and told him to turn himself in, but he did not.
The victim was being evaluated at Christiana Hospital for chest pain.
The investigation is ongoing.
No charges have been filed pending a review of the case by the state Attorney General’s Office.
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