Grandfather, 69, shot dead after opening door for 20-year-old man who said he was being pursued by men with baseball bats

• Thomas Sonnenberg, 69, was shot dead at home after opening his front door to Devon Derrick Parker[/*:m:3oirvc63]
• Sonnenberg had called 911 for Parker after the 20-year-old told him he was being chased[/*:m:3oirvc63]
• Parker said his pursuers were wielding baseball bats[/*:m:3oirvc63]
• When police arrived, they found Sonnenberg shot dead and Parker inside the house[/*:m:3oirvc63]
• There is some indication the two were acquainted, but police have not said how[/*:m:3oirvc63]
• Police say that there is no indication Sonnenberg was anything other than an innocent victim[/*:m:3oirvc63][/list:u:3oirvc63]