Virginia Morrison says the intruder, later identified as Ezequiel Rosario-Torres, 38, walked into her home in Orange County Florida on Sunday afternoon.
Morrison said she tried to get him out of the house by hitting him with a broom, but Rosario-Torres reportedly swatted the broom away.
Morrison then retrieved her gun and fired a warning shot.
“...he started coming toward me and I fired a shot above him. ‘Back off dude!’ And he just kept coming toward me. So I just lowered my gun and shot him.”
Rosario-Torres was transported to a local hospital where he died.
Morrison adds “I had to do what I had to do to protect myself and Charlie. And I would do it again. If I had to, but I don't want to do that. I hope God can forgive me for taking a man's life."