An elderly Mississippi man was fatally shot with his own gun while fighting an alleged burglar inside his home, and his wife managed to escape, authorities said.Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards told Fox News Digital that Eric Basco broke into Bobby McGill’s home around 4 a.m.Thursday while McGill and his wife were asleep.McGill, 81, struggled with Basco, who got hold of McGill’s gun and fatally shot him multiple times, Edwards said.MISSISSIPPI TEEN ALLEGEDLY KILLED ELDERLY COUPLE IN THEIR HOME BEFORE FIRING ON DEPUTIES IN STANDOFFBobby McGill, right, pictured with his wife, Peggy, was fatally shot with his own gun during a home invasion in Mississippi.
Peggy escaped the attack and called 911, authorities said.(Haley McGill/Facebook)"It appears that there was a struggle that had ensued between the assailant and the homeowner.
And he had a pistol that he kept in his chest there at the foot of his bed," Edwards said."It looks like to us that what we're piecing together, is that that he may have tried to get that pistol and the individual was fighting him and they had a fight and the guy got the pistol and shot Mr.
Bobby multiple times."McGill's wife, Peggy, was able to escape the home safely and called 911 to report that someone had "came into their house and attacked her husband," Edwards said.SUSPECT IN PITTSBURGH DOCTOR'S MURDER HAD BEEN RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL ON PRIOR BURGLARY CHARGE: COURT DOCSEdwards said Basco's likely motive was burglary, adding that he went into a bathroom and shot himself.Basco has since died at a hospital.However, Edwards said investigators obtained a video from the evening before the shooting that appears to show Basco walking down a road about 1.5 miles from McGill’s home, throwing his hands in the air and screaming what sounds like "God is dead."FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XEric Basco allegedly broke into Bobby McGill's Mississippi home and fatally shot him with the homeowner's own gun, authorities said.
Basco later died ...