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A Springville, Utah, homeowner shot and killed an intruder who broke into his house before dawn on March 1, 2012, woke the sleeping couple and demanded to be driven to a cash machine, according to Springville police and local news reports. Prosecutors later ruled the shooting legally justified.

Police identified the intruder as Armando Martinez Jr., 31. Investigators said Martinez spent part of the night walking the neighborhood, checking as many as 20 homes for unlocked doors, before he reached the home of Doug and Terri Yarrington. He got in through a sliding back door secured only with a child safety lock, which he defeated by pulling on it hard, police said.

Once inside, Martinez stripped off clothing that had gotten wet in the snow and changed into dry clothes the family had left folded on a couch, according to police. He then went to the kitchen, made a tortilla and ham wrap, ate part of it and put the rest back in the refrigerator before heading upstairs to the master bedroom.

Martinez woke the couple and told them he had a gun, demanding their wallets, keys and a ride to an ATM, police said. No weapon was recovered. Doug Yarrington stepped into a bedroom closet as if to get ready to leave, retrieved a 9mm handgun and shot Martinez once in the chest, according to investigators. Three children, 3-year-old twin boys and an infant girl, were in the house.

Terri Yarrington called 911 after the shooting. "We got robbed, and we were cooperating with the guy," she told the dispatcher in a recording later released by police. "And my husband was finally able to get to his gun, and he shot him." Asked whether the man was still breathing, she said the family had checked his pulse. "I'm positive he's deceased," she said.

On March 22, 2012, Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman announced that the shooting was legally justified. "We reviewed the investigation that Springville police did and our conclusion is that the shooting was legally justified," Buhman said, citing a state law that permits deadly force against someone who enters a home by stealth or force to commit a felony. Court records showed Martinez had prior convictions including attempted aggravated assault, theft and criminal mischief.

Police said the Yarrington family moved out of the home shortly after the killing.