Posted on 09/01/2005 12:37:23 AM PDT by Poundstone
by RYAN SELF
Staff Writer
An Arlington man was shot in the face over the weekend after allegedly attempting to burglarize a North Arlington home and being confronted by a gun-toting homeowner.
County police said Tuesday morning that 18-year-old David Jeovavy Valdivia Dominguez was arrested at Virginia Hospital Center, where he was seeking treatment for the wound. Police later transferred Dominguez to Inova Fairfax Hospital. After treatment, Dominguez was transported to the Arlington County Adult Detention Facility.
Police allege that Dominguez was in the process of burglarizing a home in the 6000 block of 26th Street North in the Leeway-Overly community about 5:30 a.m. Sunday when he was confronted by the homeowner.
When confronted, police said Dominguez ran from the family room into the room of the man’s teenage daughter. A struggle ensued, and the homeowner shot the intruder in the face.
According to police, Dominquez fled on foot.
While there is an ordinance that makes it illegal to discharge a firearm in Arlington County, Arlington County Police Det. Rick Rodriguez said that no charges have been filed against the homeowner, who was interviewed by detectives following the incident.
“It will be up to the investigator to determine if they will be,” Rodriguez said of charges. “You have to look at the circumstances in this case.”
Police officials say that because of the gruesome nature of Dominguez’s injury, a mug shot will not be released. They have confirmed that Dominguez lives in a house near the crime scene.
A neighbor told the Sun Gazette that a large number of people – perhaps as many as 15 – live in the small home where Dominguez lives.
Rodriguez said that detectives have visited the home and interviewed some of the residents.
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The Salvadorans and Hondurans who are so prominant among the Hispanic immigrants in this area really aren't "illegals" nor are they "immigrants". They are war refugees who were allowed into the USA under a parole agreement. At some time in the future they are supposed to go back home. The Attorney General is in charge of that, and I suppose he's just waiting until he needs cover for letting in more than the usual quota of illegal aliens from Mexico.
I just saw this online and I was in the house when it happened. The homeowner did not get charged with anything. But we as a family are still traumatized.
Wow, scray stuff. How did they guy get in without being heard? Was everything locked up?
Please cite for me one single case anywhere in the United States that has occurred because of hand loaded ammunition.
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