Posted on 07/23/2005 8:30:32 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A pair of early morning shootings sent two Guadalupe County men to area hospitals with bullet wounds to the abdomen Friday.
"We were pretty busy in the early morning today," said Guadalupe County Sheriff's Department spokesman Kevin Jordan. "It's pretty unusual for us to have two shootings in one night."
In the first incident, a woman on the 100 block of Baker Creek Loop in northwestern Guadalupe County answered the door to a man she recognized as an acquaintance of her son at about 12:30 a.m., Jordan said.
He said the man put a knife to the woman's neck and sexually assaulted her.
The woman fled to a neighboring house. The couple living there let her in, but her nude assailant followed her and started breaking out glass door panels with his knife, Jordan said.
As the assailant reached through the broken glass to unlock the door, the male resident of the house shot him with a rifle. The 9 mm bullet went through the assailant's hand and into his abdomen.
Sheriff's deputies found him lying in the front yard, a knife in his hand, Jordan said. He is in stable condition at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin.
Jordan said the department expects to charge the man with aggravated sexual assault and burglary of a habitation.
Less than two hours later, deputies were called to the 100 block of Valley Meadows in the Cibolo area for a report of a second shooting, Jordan said.
He said a boyfriend and girlfriend were arguing and both went for a handgun kept in a bedroom nightstand. As they struggled for the gun, it went off and hit the boyfriend in the abdomen.
The man is in stable condition at Brooks Army Medical Center. Jordan said the investigation is continuing and it was unclear if any charges would be filed.
BTTT
Thanks for the ping. Legs, isn't this your neck of the world?
Yeah, Guadalupe co's not too far from here;
9 mm rifle? What might that be?
I love FR. All of this gun talk has made me swoon and feel quite flustered!
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