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Texas man shot, killed after stealing BBQ pit from owner: authorities
Fox News ^ | 2/18/24 | Greg Wehner

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Food; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: banglist; bbq; crime; harriscounty; killed; pit; texas; theft
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To: Libloather

red center....!!!!


41 posted on 02/18/2024 7:54:52 PM PST by YouGoTexasGirl ( )
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To: HamiltonJay

Mess with a man’s BBQ equipment and you might as well mess with his daughter - both will put him into a rage aimed directly at you!


42 posted on 02/18/2024 7:56:29 PM PST by Rembrandt (-a sure sign a Dem is lying - his lips are moving.)
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To: Libloather

In Texas, they’re serious about BBQ.


43 posted on 02/18/2024 7:58:50 PM PST by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might)
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To: Libloather

“A preliminary investigation revealed the dead man allegedly attempted to steal the shooter’s BBQ pit from his home.”

Zombie thief that was mostly dead? Then all the way dead after being shot?


44 posted on 02/18/2024 8:09:53 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: Libloather

Chasing the guy down will make a self defense claim invalid. You can hardly claim to be in fear for your life if you go chasing after the guy. Even in Texas


45 posted on 02/18/2024 8:16:58 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Libloather

Stick a fork in him.


46 posted on 02/18/2024 8:20:29 PM PST by texas_mrs (I hope the Russians trick me into voting for Trump again. )
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To: Redcitizen

In the pit of adversity, smoking is called for.
47 posted on 02/18/2024 8:24:13 PM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon! )
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To: Libloather

It’s hard to decide which is Texas’ biggest third world sh*thouse. Austin or Houston. Steers and Queers.


48 posted on 02/18/2024 8:35:17 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I don't think the Founding Fathers intended to have a government that pushes Americans around.)
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To: BigEdLB

Also the thief did not survive his trial by fire.


49 posted on 02/18/2024 8:55:48 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: HamiltonJay
In Texas they have to go to a grand jury to indict in such cases I believe.

Will probably get a no-bill for stealing a man's barbecue pit. How low can you go?

50 posted on 02/18/2024 8:58:49 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: from occupied ga
Chasing the guy down will make a self defense claim invalid.

Can you cite the law to validate that claim?

Thieves are not guaranteed a smooth getaway. You are allowed to confront their thievery, and if they are stupid enough to become a threat to you, your rights to self defense do not evaporate.

51 posted on 02/18/2024 9:07:25 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: ASOC

In Texas you can use deadly force to stop a theft or criminal mischief in the nighttime even if there is no threat involved if it is the only way you think you can stop it

Yeah, the DA may make this guys life difficult but he’s probably in the clear

https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/penal-sect-9-42/


52 posted on 02/18/2024 9:58:09 PM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: Agatsu77

Then it is not a PIT. Pits are in the ground.


53 posted on 02/18/2024 10:03:27 PM PST by madison10
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To: Redcitizen

Oh well…


54 posted on 02/18/2024 10:27:11 PM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon! )
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To: LukeL

It’s a good thing it’s rare these type of things happen


55 posted on 02/18/2024 10:32:44 PM PST by srmanuel
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56 posted on 02/18/2024 10:38:50 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: ASOC

It’s a defense of prosecution in Texas. Upu can’t even steal one dollar from a person. We gave precedents for this in Texas...even in Harris County.


57 posted on 02/18/2024 11:43:14 PM PST by I got the rope
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Must have been one of them fancy-dancy expensive ceramic egg things from the yuppy hardware supply store.

Where I come from you weld up a rack of that cage steel expanding wall, you make the frame about two feet high with angle iron.

Get a log fire going keep it going, you take your pig you stick it on the screen meat side down.

You get a shovel you go over to the log fire and you start bringing shovel fulls of embers to the rack and throw down underneath the pig.

You get a nice bed of coals going under the pig and you refresh those embers as needed from the log fire 10 ft away.

Get a piece of tin roofing (tornado scrap) and you lay it on top of the pig so it captures the heat a bit.

Nobody’s going to steal that, however you might get drunk and start shooting at the shadows late at night while you’re tending the fire, you never know, it might be another wild pig. Or a coyote.


58 posted on 02/19/2024 2:30:27 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: from occupied ga
"chasing a guy doen is hardly self defense".

Your biscuits aint done in the middle are they?

They used to hang horse thieves and cattle rustlers.

Why? Because they were stealing a mans lively hood.

A very good deterrent to Stealing is to harshly punish it. A bad way to handle thieves is to give them a lolly pop and a pat on the head and say " you shouldnt do that, you hurt that persons feelings."

Hang 'em all and let God sort them out.

I have lost most of my sympathy for adults who steal.

59 posted on 02/19/2024 2:35:43 AM PST by Ikeon (Why is it acceptable to be a fool but, wrong to point it out? )
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To: HamiltonJay

Confirming that Barbecue is serious business in Texas.


60 posted on 02/19/2024 3:37:24 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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