GIBSONVILLE, N.C. — A Gibsonville firefighter says his Ring camera alert may have saved his home — and possibly his life — after a stranger broke in while he was at work.

Brandon Brown says he lives on a quiet road surrounded by family — the kind of place where neighbors trust one another and doors don’t always stay locked. But that changed after what happened this week.

Brown says he had just started his shift at Station 28 when his Ring camera pinged. Someone was standing at his front door.

“At first, I didn’t think much of it,” Brown said. “He had on a tree removal shirt, so I figured maybe he was a contractor. But then he started raising his hands in the air, and that’s when my coworkers told me something wasn’t right.”

Brown rushed home — and the moment he got there, his heart san

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