Gary Thibodeau

Gary Thibodeau, 55, was shot during the Thursday night break-in and later pronounced dead at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute, according to police spokeswoman Audria Moore. Thibideau’s brother, Douglas Costa, 54, was pistol whipped. He was treated and released from the hospital, Moore said.

At 10:36 p.m. that night, police responded to the victim’s home in the 500 block of Hampton Place for shooting activity. When officers arrived they found Thibodeau still alive lying on his side.

Thibodeau, his brother and two other people had been sitting in the living room when two men entered the opened front door, ordered them to the ground and robbed them at gun point, Moore said. The suspects pulled their shirts up above their noses to cover their faces.

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