Intruder killed by resident of home (TX)

Montgomery County Courier ^ | 08/21/2005

[Mr. Mojo]

A home invasion on Friday night left one man dead and police trying to determine his identity. It was around 1 a.m. when the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office received a call regarding a shooting in the 14200 block of Wildwood Drive in the Lake Wildwood subdivision.

According to Lt. Darrel Conn, with the MCSO detectives division, officers arrived to find a Hispanic male lying in the yard dead from an apparent gunshot wound.

Conn said the home is owned by an elderly man and his wife, who were home when the dead man allegedly decided to walk in. He said the homeowner told officers he was awake playing video games when an unknown male holding a beer bottle walked into the home through the front door. He is described as a Hispanic male, between 30 and 35.

The homeowner confronted the man and told him to get out of his house. Conn says the intruder went outside, but remained on the premises and went to the back yard. He says the homeowner then retrieved a revolver from inside the house before going outside to look around his property. When the elderly man discovered the intruder in the backyard, a struggle ensued and the intruder was shot at least once in the chest.

Conn says the dead man had only one piece of identification on his person, which does not appear to be his. There was no immediate way of determining his identity. The homeowner will not face charges.

[Mr. Mojo]

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[Nachoman]

Apparently, the intruder was looking for someone to hold his beer.

[SteveMcKing]

"Conn says the dead man had only one piece of identification on his person, which does not appear to be his."

You mean he's not "Dr. Raymond Smith"? Don't tell me he's an illegal who stole someone's identity?!

[herewego]

Add me please..
Thanks

[U S Army EOD]

Maybe it was a Cindy supporter, we can at least hope so.

[Squantos]

when the dead man allegedly decided to walk in

Zombie's ?

[ncountylee]

Good shoot! Bravo!

[Phantasy]

He is described as a Hispanic male, between 30 and 35.

In Texas? No way!

Well, I'm shocked, anyone else shocked? *rolls eyes*

[cubreporter]

when the dead man allegedly decided to walk in.





Wow. Dead man walking. :) Onleeeeeee joking. The sentence was not constructed correctly and I couldn't resist. I am happy the elderly man and woman were not hurt.

[Paleo Conservative]

The homeowner confronted the man and told him to get out of his house. Conn says the intruder went outside, but remained on the premises and went to the back yard. He says the homeowner then retrieved a revolver from inside the house before going outside to look around his property. When the elderly man discovered the intruder in the backyard, a struggle ensued and the intruder was shot at least once in the chest.

I like stories with happy endings.

[basil]

Thanks for another story with a happy ending--and this one from my home state! In Texas, if someone is on your property after dark, you can take him out--period. That's the law.

It sounds to me like some really good gun control was practiced here.

[Lurker]

George Romero, call your office. Besides everyone knows you can't kill a zombie with a shot to the chest.

L

[Prime Choice]

No doubt some idiot Leftist judge will find that the invader's family has every right to claim the elderly man's home now.

Impossible? Sure...that's what I thought until I heard the illegals invading our nation just won the lottery in our courts and got the ranch house of the people who detained them.

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

From a tactical perspective it would have been smarter for the elderly man and his wife to simply LOCK THE DOORS when the intruder initially left. They could have then telephoned the police and wouldn't have the hassle of dealing with publicity and the courts...not to mention the unpleasantness of shooting someone.

The elderly man could have just as easily sat in his kitchen with the firearm and the telephone and not have to contend with this huge interruption in his life.

~ Blue Jays ~

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

I agree. I think we are not reading all that there is to this story.

[Hodar]

There was no immediate way of determining his identity. The homeowner will not face charges.

God Bless Texas.

This here is my land;
And only my land;
If ya don't get off it;
I'll blow yer head off;
Got me a shot gun;
And you ain't got one;
This land belongs to only me..

[Boazo]

Looks like they will have to give the house to the dead mans
family!

[ChristianDefender]

He said the homeowner told officers he was awake playing video games

The game must be Ghost Recon.

[Boazo]

Exactly right.