The Brief

LOS ANGELES - A Vietnam veteran who foiled an attack and saved his neighbor's life, is talking about his terrifying ordeal from his hospital after he shot and killed a naked intruder in Studio City last week.

79-year-old George Karkoc is recovering at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills after suffering two broken legs during the struggle with the intruder, according to police.

The backstory:

Just after 7 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, police responded to a home in the 4500 block of Tujunga Avenue after receiving a shooting call regarding a trespassing suspect. Police say a naked man broke into the front of the house and once inside, he confronted the 79-year-old homeowner. Karkoc pleaded for the man to go away, saying he had called police over and over again. But the suspect re

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