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.
How did the defender “shoot three people” when no one was hurt?
“”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.””
You might want to check again.
Sec. 9.42. DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY. A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property:
(1) if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41; and
(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:
(A) to prevent the other’s imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or
(B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property; and
(3) he reasonably believes that:
(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or
(B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Seems like the same 2 guys in every crime.</r>
I’m really getting sick of the Needs more Range Time comments. I can’t imaging the stress of being on a sidewalk without cover or time to aim when some thug starts firing at you. I’d think dumping the magazine in their general direction while trying to hide becomes kind of important.
But no, instead, let’s take the time to get into a perfect Weaver stance, control your breath, concentrate on the front sight and press the trigger with the soft part of your fingertip until the bang surprises you.
Then I stand corrected.
Maybe Texas remains on my list of destinations for moving, now among the other 2...
Texas law EXPLICITLY allows this during nighttime. Daylight is differeny.
What gets me is the prominence of the issue of the victim was a renter. Why is that so important?
“They started shooting at us first, and I returned fire,” he said.
I always wonder if you should allow a criminal to shoot first. What if his first shot is “lucky” and nails you dead center.
In this state the prosecutors and the judges (most likely) will go after the shooter on the basis that there would have been no violent confrontation had the victims remained in their home and called cops.
There have been many cases tried and the home owner convicted and the NRA concealed carry instructors emphasize that you had better be aware of the courts.
Courts have convicted a lot of people on the grounds that as long as you are inside and the bad guys remain outside you are clearly not in danger of death or serious bodily harm, which you must be to shoot.
Point being: If you would shoot a bad guy, you had better know both the law and how the law is interpreted by your government in the state in which you live or might be confronted with the need to shoot.
Any other attitude is a sure trip to court and probably to prison.
Some reporters don’t really know how to repprt.
They rely on a Kitchen Sink method of thowing any old topic into their piece, just to fill the page up with type.
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