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TX: Homeowner Fatally Shoots Attempted Robber (1 Suspect Dies In Trash Can)
Click2Houston ^ | October 18, 2005

Posted on 10/18/2005 7:35:45 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

HOUSTON -- A homeowner opened fire Monday night and killed a man he said was trying to rob him outside his southeast Houston home, KPRC Local 2 reported.

The homeowner told KPRC Local 2 that he returned to his home on North Carolina at Zachary at about 10:45 p.m. when he saw three men unlocking burglar bars.

Authorities said one of the attempted robbers jumped out of a trash can and tried to rob him at gunpoint.

"The man had popped up out of his trash can sort of like a jack-in-the-box. The homeowner had a gun on him also. The homeowner fired, striking the suspect in the garbage can several times," Houston Police Department Homicide Division Investigator Kevin Carr said.

That suspect was pronounced dead inside the garbage can. The other two attempted robbers fled the scene on foot.

Police said they do not plan on filing charges against the homeowner. However, officers are not sure if the homeowner had a permit to carry the gun he used in the shooting.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist
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1 posted on 10/18/2005 7:35:48 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Bummer Dude!


2 posted on 10/18/2005 7:36:27 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
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3 posted on 10/18/2005 7:36:27 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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How poetic...


4 posted on 10/18/2005 7:36:58 AM PDT by steveo (Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
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To: Mr. Mojo
suspect was pronounced dead inside the garbage can

Garbage in, garbage out....

5 posted on 10/18/2005 7:37:30 AM PDT by NRA1995 (When liberals speak I hear the Vonage music playing.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....)
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The man had popped up out of his trash can sort of like a jack-in-the-box. The homeowner had a gun on him also. The homeowner fired, striking the suspect in the garbage can several times,"

LOL! Funniest thing I've read in weeks.

6 posted on 10/18/2005 7:38:11 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: Mr. Mojo

A perfect coffin.


7 posted on 10/18/2005 7:39:19 AM PDT by skyman
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Easy clean up. Very considerate of the would be robber to die of a bloody gun shot wound in a trash can.


8 posted on 10/18/2005 7:39:19 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Dems: "It can't be done" Reps. "Move, we'll find a way or make a way. It has to be done!")
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To: Semper Paratus

once again, a story with a happy ending..:)


9 posted on 10/18/2005 7:39:53 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (Honest officer, I wasn't speeding.....I was qualifying)
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The homeowner fired, striking the suspect in the garbage can several times...

You just know that had to hurt.

10 posted on 10/18/2005 7:39:55 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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I know this is a horrible thing to write or think, but doesn't the Macintosh have a feature by which an animated character pops up (from Sesame Street?) when you move an item to the trash can? ?Garbage Monster?


11 posted on 10/18/2005 7:40:24 AM PDT by rudy45
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To: Mr. Mojo

I wonder if the robber shot was named Oscar?


12 posted on 10/18/2005 7:41:27 AM PDT by 2001convSVT
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The guy had a webcam set up outside his house! Check it out, the perp caught!


13 posted on 10/18/2005 7:42:25 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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The guy had a webcam set up outside his house! Check it out, the perp caught!


14 posted on 10/18/2005 7:42:52 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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The homeowner fired, striking the suspect in the garbage can several times...

You just know that had to hurt.


Exactly. That's why I had my garbage can removed a few years back.
15 posted on 10/18/2005 7:42:56 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Would you like an apple pie with that?)
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16 posted on 10/18/2005 7:45:03 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Yarn-ho.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Just leave him in the garbage can and bury him at the sanitary landfill.

Give the homeowner a medal and a month to get himself a permit.


17 posted on 10/18/2005 7:47:41 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Don't quag Miers!!!!)
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Poor guy. Now he he has to go out and buy a new garbage can.


18 posted on 10/18/2005 7:48:39 AM PDT by richmwill
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However, officers are not sure if the homeowner had a permit to carry the gun he used in the shooting.

Common sense says eliminate this permit obstacle that is preventing law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves. BTW....Why didn't they mention whether the dirtbag in the trash can had a permit?

19 posted on 10/18/2005 7:49:50 AM PDT by Niteranger68 ("Spare the rod, spoil the liberal.")
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To: Semper Paratus

Where exactly is the garbage can? I've checked Gray's Anatomy, and can't find it in there.


20 posted on 10/18/2005 7:51:22 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.")
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