Three men try to break into home in St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG -- Three men who tried to break into a home at 1120 11th Avenue S this morning fled after a woman who saw them threatening her husband called police.

Police say one of the men, who had a rifle, demanded keys from John Davis, 52, as he prepared to go to work around 4:41 a.m. this morning. Davis resisted the man, and two more men came in, including one who had a handgun.

When Davis's wife saw the men threatening her husband, she called police. The men saw her, and fled in a white four-door sedan, police said.

Police say that shots were fired, and one bullet hit Davis's 2003 Cadillac Escalade.

Casey Cora and Abhi Raghunathan, Times Staff Writers