Posted on 12/20/2023 9:03:28 PM PST by algore
Police have arrested two of the suspects Arlington Police said a homeowner told them he was returning fire when he shot three people trying to break into his car around early Wednesday morning.
Greg Willis, who later clarified with NBC 5 that he is renting his home, said his Ring camera started going off just before 2:00 a.m.
"Wake up, see someone in my son's car. I call him, 'Hey, is that you outside?' He said, 'No,'" said Willis, who lives on the 6100 block of Vancil Drive.
Willis said he and his son walked down the block, going after the suspects.
He told police when they confronted the suspects, at least one of them pulled out a gun and began firing first.
"They started shooting at us first, and I returned fire," he said.
No one was hurt during the incident, which Willis said was like being in the wild wild west.
“I hear the gun, like boom boom, like two or three times," said Jenny Nguyen, a neighbor who woke up from the noise. "Really loud. Really, really loud.”
Willis said his son took cover behind another neighbor's truck, which was hit.
“I could have been shot, or they could have been shot... It was a lot of bullets ringing out," he said.
Willis said he's never had to use his gun in an incident like this before, and his adrenaline is still pumping.
"I still haven't been to sleep," he said.
Police said the suspects ran away, but officers set up a perimeter around the area and found two of them hiding in a nearby shed. Police said they found a gun and took the two into custody without incident.
Arlington Police said 19-year-old Keaundre Lemon was booked into the Arlington City Jail for criminal trespass and an outstanding warrant he had.
They also arrested 18-year-old Ahmad Bland for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal trespass.
Wud up?
“I don’t know of a single state which permits discharging a weapon at a person over a property crime involving a vehicle (unoccupied).”
That is not what happened according to the son =>
“They started shooting at us first, and I returned fire,” he [Willis] said.
Why does it matter whether Willis owns or rents the house? Is it to do with laws of property protection? I thought he was protecting his vehicle anyway. Did he own or rent that?
It would make as much sense to say,
Thursday regular at Kelsey’s Bar returns fire
or possibly
Arlington resident with facebook friends in 23 states returns fire
or even
Arlington resident who vacationed in Las Vegas in 2019 returns fire
No sympathy for the thieves
He told police when they confronted the suspects, at least one of them pulled out a gun and began firing first.
“They started shooting at us first, and I returned fire,” he said.
He told police when they confronted the suspects, at least one of them pulled out a gun and began firing first.
“They started shooting at us first, and I returned fire,” he said.
Don’t look Amish.
Give them 10-20 on theft, attempted murder, and stupidity.
No parole.
Throw in a good disinfecting too.
It would be interesting to see 18 year old Ahmed’s juvie record. That must be the reason he wasn’t charged for a previous warrant.
Keandre, on the other hand, wasted no time racking up a post-juvie record.
EC
So you can’t read? Mr. Willis clearly stated that the perps shot first. That’s why his son took cover behind his neighbor’s pickup. 🤦♀️
He didn’t shoot at them for vehicle burglar. He shot in self-defense. The following is from the article =>
He told police when they confronted the suspects, at least one of them pulled out a gun and began firing first.
“They started shooting at us first, and I returned fire,” he said.
Vehicle burglary.
“I don’t know of a single state which permits discharging a weapon at a person over a property crime involving a vehicle (unoccupied).
That includes Texas.”
When I moved to Texas in the early 80s I went to a seminar on the rules regarding deadly force. The takeaway was that it was permissible to shoot someone stealing ANYTHING from your property. Thinking I must have misunderstood, I asked what about a newspaper? The answer, you can shoot em. Of course things may have changed since those days.
I recieved the same training. I’m not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. My understanding was that it is permitted at night and only on your own property. I believe Texas is the only state that allows this.
No, I did not read either the excerpt or the piece: I saw a stupid, biased nbc headline which should have been footnoted [barf alert] and ceased reading.
I hope that he can prove they were armed. Texas is purple; it’s dangerous even for gun owners.
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