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C-dub wrote:In my younger days I could and have hoped a 6' wood fence by jumping up, putting my hands on top, and swinging my legs over without touching the fence.

You're a better man than I. But that's probably just as well, since I'm not.

On Google maps it looks like a fair bit of that street has 4' chain link fence, but sounds like in this case he actually did shoot through a 6' privacy fence. So much for my guesswork!

A lot of times when I see neighborhoods that have alleys, the fences are short picket fences or something similar. Especially if the burglar was able to jump it (rather than climb it, although that could be sloppy reporting), it would seem likely it was a shorter fence and the homeowner was probably shooting over it rather than through it. Just a guess, without a more detailed location or other description.