Posted on 02/18/2024 6:24:19 PM PST by Libloather
A Harris County, Texas homeowner shot and killed a man after he allegedly stole a BBQ pit from his home early Sunday morning, according to officials.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a social media post early Sunday that deputies responded to the 15000 block of Ralston Road near Kentington Oak Drive after reports that a man had been shot and was confirmed dead.
A preliminary investigation revealed the dead man allegedly attempted to steal the shooter’s BBQ pit from his home.
After discovering his grill had been stolen, the homeowner left his home and chased down the suspect in his own vehicle, Gonzalez said.
When the homeowner caught up with the man who was fleeing with the BBQ pit, just a short distance away, he confronted two individuals inside a vehicle.
The man told police he believed the driver of the suspected vehicle was possibly in possession of a weapon.
Gonzalez said the homeowner feared for his own safety and fired his own gun at the suspect, striking him.
The second person in the vehicle was not injured, the sheriff said, and has not been charged with a crime.
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Sounds like a good shoot.
If the American “just-us” system wasn’t so evil and corrupt people would not commit the amount of crime that is allowed to happen.
Eventually this chase down & shoot tactic will be as common as a San Francisco shoplifter at a Walgreens.
Thanks. I get to clean off my monitor now.
In general, I feel like death for stealing a BBQ pit is about right.
Exactly.
Hey. If someone stole my insulated vertical smoker, that would be killing territory.
“How do you steal a BBQ pit?”
Hook up your truck and drive away.
Someone please tell me the BBQ pit wasn’t harmed.
Did he get him in the brisket or ribs?
The consequences are real and immediate.
A pit? What was he using? A backhoe? Dozer? Track shovel? Oh, I’m sorry, it was a grill!
It’s probably OK in most of Texas. Harris County probably not. There’s a reason they moved Paxton’s trial from McKinney to Houston.
Interesting DA election down there, however. Soros put Ogg into office, but now he’s backing a more radical democrat against her this time around.
He’s lucky that’s all he got.
It’s a rare thing to swipe a feller’s BBQ pit.
Rubs me the wrong way when somebody does that.
My brother-in-law has one that is built on the frame of a trailer to be able to take it to events and such.
Just when I thought the thread was done, you smoked it with the rub.
LOL…a three-fer! Can’t top that!
mark
Was there a fire burning in the BBQ pit during this ordeal?
Yep. That will definitely put you at risk of being smoked.
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