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• Police said 15-year-old Tyler Giuliano was shot at about 1 a.m. Thursday in New Fairfield, a town along the New York line just north of Danbury.
• A woman who was alone in the house believed someone was breaking in and called the teen's father, who lives next door, and he grabbed a gun and went outside to investigate, police said.
• The father confronted someone wearing a black ski mask and black clothing and then fired his gun when the person went at him with a shiny weapon in his hand, police said.
• When police officers arrived, the teen was lying in the driveway of the woman's home with gunshot wounds and the father was sitting on the grass. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Friday, Sept. 28, the 272nd day of 2012. There are 94 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Sept. 28, 1787, the Congress of the Confederation voted to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval.
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• On this date:
• In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne.
• In 1542, Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.
• In 1841, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed his poem "Excelsior."
• In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.
• In 1920, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. (All were acquitted at trial, but all eight were banned from the game for life.)
• In 1924, three U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle, having completed the first round-the-world trip by air in 175 days.
• In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Bonneville Dam in Oregon.
• In 1939, during World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty calling for the partitioning of Poland, which the two countries had invaded.
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