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• Police in Rose, Idaho, revealed the names of the victim and suspect in a home invasion, EastIdahoNews.com reported.

Officials said that around 2 a.m., 85-year-old Christine Jenneiahn was sleeping in her home when she awoke to a man shining a flashlight and pointing a gun at her.

Derek Ephriam Condon, 39, allegedly then handcuffed Jenneiahn and moved her to the living room, where he cuffed her to a chair and asked her where the valuables were.

She told him there were two safes, and he left to investigate.

While he was out of the room, Jenneiahn dragged herself and the chair into her bedroom and got her .357 Magnum revolver, which she hid on a nearby couch after returning to the living room.

Ultimately, she made a "now or never" decision and drew the gun, fatally striking Condon with two shots.

He returned fire, hitting her multiple times, but Jenneiahn survived and has already left the hospital.

The case, said Bingham County Prosecutor Ryan Jolley, "presents one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation I have ever heard of."

Officials said the two knew each other and it was not a random incident.