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FOWLER, Calif. – A California mother has furiously battled an masked intruder trying to kidnap her toddler daughter from their home.
Fresno County sheriff's investigators say a man wearing a black ski mask broke into the home west of Fowler just before 9 a.m. Tuesday. He knocked the woman to the floor and struck and kicked her.
The Fresno Bee says the man then grabbed the woman's 2-year-old daughter and tried to get to his car.
The mother got a shotgun and ordered the attacker to release the girl.
Investigators say he dropped the child and drove away.
The child wasn't hurt and the mother's injuries were minor.
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