A woman at an Airbnb on Sunset Ridge Road in West Jefferson, North Carolina, shot a man who kicked in the door about 3 a.m. on October 13. She told 911 she fired after he came into the occupied rental.

Icon Christen, 33, of Long Branch, New Jersey, went first to Ashe Memorial Hospital and then by air to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. He survived, left the hospital, and later faced felony burglary and assault charges.

Deputies, emergency crews, and officers from West Jefferson and Jefferson answered the call. Sheriff B. Phil Howell of Ashe County publicly backed Americans defending themselves and their families.