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TX: Homeowner Fatally Shoots Attempted Robber (1 Suspect Dies In Trash Can)
Click2Houston ^
| October 18, 2005
Posted on 10/18/2005 7:35:45 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
HOUSTON -- A homeowner opened fire Monday night and killed a man he said was trying to rob him outside his southeast Houston home, KPRC Local 2 reported.
The homeowner told KPRC Local 2 that he returned to his home on North Carolina at Zachary at about 10:45 p.m. when he saw three men unlocking burglar bars.
Authorities said one of the attempted robbers jumped out of a trash can and tried to rob him at gunpoint.
"The man had popped up out of his trash can sort of like a jack-in-the-box. The homeowner had a gun on him also. The homeowner fired, striking the suspect in the garbage can several times," Houston Police Department Homicide Division Investigator Kevin Carr said.
That suspect was pronounced dead inside the garbage can. The other two attempted robbers fled the scene on foot.
Police said they do not plan on filing charges against the homeowner. However, officers are not sure if the homeowner had a permit to carry the gun he used in the shooting.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:35:48 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:36:27 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:36:58 AM PDT
by
steveo
(Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
To: Mr. Mojo
suspect was pronounced dead inside the garbage canGarbage in, garbage out....
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:37:30 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(When liberals speak I hear the Vonage music playing.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....)
To: Mr. Mojo
The man had popped up out of his trash can sort of like a jack-in-the-box. The homeowner had a gun on him also. The homeowner fired, striking the suspect in the garbage can several times," LOL! Funniest thing I've read in weeks.
To: Mr. Mojo
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:39:19 AM PDT
by
skyman
To: Mr. Mojo
Easy clean up. Very considerate of the would be robber to die of a bloody gun shot wound in a trash can.
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:39:19 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(Dems: "It can't be done" Reps. "Move, we'll find a way or make a way. It has to be done!")
To: Semper Paratus
once again, a story with a happy ending..:)
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:39:53 AM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Honest officer, I wasn't speeding.....I was qualifying)
To: Mr. Mojo
The homeowner fired, striking the suspect in the garbage can several times... You just know that had to hurt.
To: Semper Paratus
I know this is a horrible thing to write or think, but doesn't the Macintosh have a feature by which an animated character pops up (from Sesame Street?) when you move an item to the trash can? ?Garbage Monster?
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:40:24 AM PDT
by
rudy45
To: Mr. Mojo
I wonder if the robber shot was named Oscar?
To: Mr. Mojo
The guy had a webcam set up outside his house! Check it out, the perp caught!
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:42:25 AM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Mr. Mojo
The guy had a webcam set up outside his house! Check it out, the perp caught!
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:42:52 AM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Mr. Lucky
The homeowner fired, striking the suspect in the garbage can several times...
You just know that had to hurt.
Exactly. That's why I had my garbage can removed a few years back.
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:42:56 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(Would you like an apple pie with that?)
To: Semper Paratus
To: Mr. Mojo
Just leave him in the garbage can and bury him at the sanitary landfill.
Give the homeowner a medal and a month to get himself a permit.
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:47:41 AM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Don't quag Miers!!!!)
To: Mr. Mojo
Poor guy. Now he he has to go out and buy a new garbage can.
To: Mr. Mojo
However, officers are not sure if the homeowner had a permit to carry the gun he used in the shooting. Common sense says eliminate this permit obstacle that is preventing law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves. BTW....Why didn't they mention whether the dirtbag in the trash can had a permit?
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:49:50 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
("Spare the rod, spoil the liberal.")
To: Semper Paratus
Where exactly is the garbage can? I've checked Gray's Anatomy, and can't find it in there.
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posted on
10/18/2005 7:51:22 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.")
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