California couple caught in daytime home invasion shooting in Ocean County

🔴 There was a home invasion in an Ocean County borough in broad daylight

🔴 The intruders were armed and a gunshot was fired inside the house

🔴 The couple was caught hours later

POINT PLEASANT — A home invasion burglary in Ocean County happened in broad daylight, and a California couple has been charged.

On Thursday, Aug. 7, just before 2 p.m., officers responded to a home on Barton Avenue for a report of a home invasion with a gunshot having been fired.

Officers found the back door of the house forced open, and the residence had been burglarized. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said a man armed with a gun and a woman kicked open the back door of the house while the owner was home.

The pair stole items, the man fired a single gunshot, and both he and the woman ran away…

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