A 79-year-old Vietnam veteran is being hailed as a hero after he shot and killed a naked intruder who allegedly broke into his female tenant’s Los Angeles home last week.

George Karkoc is now recovering in the hospital with two broken legs and a shattered hip after confronting the bare prowler outside the Studio City home when he heard the young woman screaming for help around 7 a.m. last Friday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, multiple outlets reported.

“I knew that if I didn’t take care of him, I had no clue what he was gonna do or was capable of doing,” the quick-thinking vet told FOX 11 Los Angeles from his bed at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills.

Surveillance footage captured the nude suspect screaming and tearing down lawn signs while wandering through the ne

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