A Vietnam War veteran shot and killed a naked man who broke into a Studio City home Friday morning.

The Los Angeles Police Department said investigators believe the suspect drove to the neighborhood on Tujunga Avenue, took off his clothes on the sidewalk and then started inexplicably screaming.

LAPD Capt. Warner Castillo said the suspect picked up signs before breaking into a woman's home. Castillo added that the suspect chased her into the street at the same time that her neighbor, a 79-year-old Vietnam War Veteran, ran out of his home to help her.

"He tells the suspect to leave, warns him that he has a gun," Castillo said. "Grabs the 79-year-old man, lifts him up and throws him on the ground."

Despite breaking both of his legs in the attack, police said the veteran continued to fight

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