Woman Shoots Robber, Husband During Home Invasion

Click2Houston.com ^ | 27 March 2008 | By Carl Willis

[marktwain]

HOUSTON -- A woman shot and killed an intruder and accidentally wounded her husband in a northeast Harris County home invasion, investigators told KPRC Local 2 Thursday.

According to deputies, a couple found themselves staring down the barrel of a gun in their apartment in the Northshore Meadows complex in the 300 block of Audrey Lane shortly before midnight.

A man had just broken into their apartment and was making demands.

According to investigators, he wanted cash and drugs, and made the couple remove all their clothing.

Then, gunshots rang out. However, the would-be robber wasn't the one squeezing the trigger, officials said.

"The husband got into a physical altercation with the suspect," Harris County Deputy A.J. Kelly said. "The wife was able to retrieve a handgun that they had up in the room and she fired shots, striking and killing the suspect."

The husband was also shot. Deputies said he was hit in the arm. They believe he may have been hit by friendly fire from his wife.

The couple told investigators that they did not know the man or why they were the targets of a home invasion.

"Seems like, at this point, they did what they had to do," Kelly said. "They were in fear that this individual who broke into their house was going to harm them."

Deputies said they believe the intruder may not have been alone.

"We have a female detained that was in the parking lot at the time of the incident and we're questioning her know," Kelly said. "She's definitely a person of interest. We think she was with him."

According to Kelly, the woman was downstairs in the parking lot waiting in what appeared to be the getaway car.

Investigators said that the husband suffered from an exit wound to the arm.

He was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover.

[marktwain]

Interesting story. Too bad the Husband got hit, but a good shooting.

[School of Rational Thought]

Investigators said that the husband suffered from an exit wound to the arm. Good thing he didn't mind the entry wound.

[varon]

Investigators said that the husband suffered from an exit wound to the arm.

As opposed to suffering from an entry wound or both???

[metmom]

bang

[Resolute Conservative]

Exiting from the perp in to the hubby.

[metmom]

I love it when one more deadbeat bites the dust. It cuts down on crime, probably saves the lives of others he’s victimize, and saves the taxpayers the cost of incarcerating him and putting him on trial, only to get released on some technicality.

[Peet]

Q: Is TX one of those states that charges accessories to a (felony? crime?) with murder IF one of the perps dies?

Does my question even make sense?

P.

[Poser]

“The wife was able to retrieve a handgun that they had up in the room and she fired shots, striking and killing the suspect.”

I love a cheerful story in the morning.

[FreedomPoster]

>>They believe he may have been hit by friendly fire from his wife.

Isn’t that one of Murphy’s Laws of Warfare?

“Friendly fire isn’t.”

[marktwain]

“Is TX one of those states that charges accessories to a (felony? crime?) with murder IF one of the perps dies?”

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I believe that you are thinking about the “Felony Murder Rule”. Most states have that. It can be summarized as follows:
If you are knowingly involved in a felony (usually only certain felonies specified in the law), and someone dies as a result of the felony, then you can be charged with first degree murder.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I knew right off when it said the hubby was just wounded it wasn’t you. ;)

[rightinthemiddle]

My wife has standing orders :-) to identify herself every time she comes in the house. The same goes for me.

Seeing me standing at the top of the stair with a shotgun is her reminder!

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[gundog]

Naked guy attacks mugger...waiting for an “accidentally shot in the melee” post.

[mylife]

Holy naked hostage situation batman!

[marktwain]

“My wife has standing orders :-) to identify herself every time she comes in the house. The same goes for me.”

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A Louis L'Amour novel saved my skin once. I was about to enter the house of a friend (long story cut for want of space and time) when I found the door unlocked. As I started to enter, I remembered the advice in the Louis L'Amour novel “always announce yourself when coming up to a campfire”. I announced myself, and was rewarded with a reply from the man of the house.

Later on I learned that he had accessed a .38 and was getting ready to plug whoever came in the door.

They had forgotten to lock it.

[gundog]

Too bad the Husband got hit, but a good shooting.

Heard about a guy in Missouri that used a rifle to poke a hole in a wall so he could install a satellite dish and killed his wife.

[Nathan Zachary]

A good shooting, and a good saving of taxpayer money for not having to prosecute and house a potential murderer in the prison system, provide him with a free education, sex change, only to let “her’ out again to repeat crimes as a female.

[el_texicano]

Word to the wise: DO NOT MESS WITH TX WOMEN!!!

[Iron Munro]

New book:

Women Who Frag Their Own Hubbies And The Men Who Love Them."
.

[stuartcr]

Evey time? In your own house? Either you live in a really bad neighborhood, or you’re a tad paranoid.

[trussell]

I knew right off when it said the hubby was just wounded it wasn’t you. ;)

ROFLMBO! Is there an "Eaker can't seem to catch a break" joke in that comment?

[rightinthemiddle]

Yeah. I’m paranoid. Thanks for reminding me.

[dragnet2]

Too bad the Husband got hit, but a good shooting.

Oh yeah, shooting the husband is always a good thing..

[stuartcr]

No problem.

[rightinthemiddle]

Stop by the house sometime.

[stuartcr]

Not without a megaphone.

[Fido969]

I wonder if he laughed at her when she got naked, so she winged him on general principle.

[grjr21]

"We have a female detained that was in the parking lot at the time of the incident and we're questioning her know," Kelly said.

I 'm hoping Kelly doesn't mean that in a  biblical sense 

[beebuster2000]

My wife has standing orders :-) to identify herself every time she comes in the house. The same goes for me. Seeing me standing at the top of the stair with a shotgun is her reminder!

Dude where do you live? It can't be that bad.

[rightinthemiddle]

LOL!

Okay, since you and I have always had “marvelous” conversations, I’ll explain:

We live in the country and we’ve been broken into twice. We’re living in the basement while we remodel, so we don’t always see who’s coming up the drive, etc. There have been a few home invasions around in the past year (meth-heads), although it is a nice area. That’s part of the problem: They’re looking for nice stuff.

But, the sheriff is a long way away.

The wife feels more comfortable that I am “on guard.”

[rightinthemiddle]

And, once, she dropped a bunch of stuff when she came through the door, then went back out and left the door open. I though someone had broken in...big mess, door open. Grabbed the shotgun.

[rightinthemiddle]

LOL! We saw that on a John Wayne movie...”always announce yourself when you walk up to a camp.”

Made us laugh.

[rightinthemiddle]

That was in Deepwater, not far from us.

[stuartcr]

OK, I just thought you were crazy Thanks for the explanation.

[rightinthemiddle]

see post 31.

[wideawake]

I wonder if the intruder came to that house in particular expecting to find cash and drugs.

Since he had a getaway driver, this was a more formal operation than many home invasions.

[Eaker]

You both know TheMom well enough to understand she would not pass up a “life insurance” moment like this!

[Tijeras_Slim]

You both know TheMom well enough to understand she would not pass up a “life insurance” moment like this!

Yeah, but it's tough to make three double taps and a tactical reload look like an accident.

[beebuster2000]

okey, saw it. just curious , you have a dog?

[marktwain]

“LOL! We saw that on a John Wayne movie...”always announce yourself when you walk up to a camp.””

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Yes, it is funny *now*. ;-)

[trussell]

I am so glad my co-worker is on vacation! I had to literally pick myself up off the floor from the laughing fit I just experienced!

Sure do miss you guys! Hope to be able to make next year’s shoot...I’m so bummed I can’t make it this year. :(

[geezerwheezer]

I was just thinking that same, exact thought! Not impossible, but still difficult.

[Tammy8]

Interesting that it seems no entrance wound, only exit. Amazing.

[rightinthemiddle]

Ferocious watchdog.

[DuncanWaring]

If you are knowingly involved in a felony (usually only certain felonies specified in the law), and someone dies as a result of the felony, then you can be charged with first degree murder.

I've got a vague recollection from a few months ago of being told by a Texas lawyer here that Texas does not have a Felony Murder law.

Surprised the heck out of me.

[najida]

A Bichon!
I had a mix once-— black (half poodle half bichon)
Sweetest little dog I ever ever ever had.

[rightinthemiddle]

A Bichon!
I had a mix once-— black (half poodle half bichon)
Sweetest little dog I ever ever ever had.

_______

That’s why we have the “announcement” rule.

[rightinthemiddle]

Growing up, we left our doors open, the keys in the truck...it’s a shame, now.

[marktwain]

“I’ve got a vague recollection from a few months ago of being told by a Texas lawyer here that Texas does not have a Felony Murder law.”

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Here is some information about Texas law and the felony murder rule:

“The Texas Legislature chose to narrow the common law felony murder rule set out in section 19.02(b)(3) of the Penal Code in two distinct ways. First, the statute requires that, regardless of the specific underlying felony (always excepting manslaughter, of course), the defendant must commit an act that is “clearly dangerous to human life.” Instead of simply enumerating specific felonies which, in the abstract, are usually dangerous, the Legislature required that the state prove that this specific actor, under these specific circumstances, did some act that was clearly dangerous.”