# Do you have to call 911 if you injure an intruder?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 25, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-call-911-if-you-injure-an-intruder/995132 "2023-12-25T20:21:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-call-911-if-you-injure-an-intruder/995132/52 "2023-12-27T17:21:15Z")

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For what it’s worth, I asked a similar question [a while back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-defense-question/769077) about a comic-book story where Daredevil justifiably kayoed a murderer in self-defense, and only then realized, _say, he fell not so much On The Ground as he did On Train Tracks, and I have enough time to Do Something or Nothing…_

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