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Police: Homeowner shoots teen during burglary
The News-Journal (Longview, Texas) ^ | Monday, June 19, 2006 | Staff Reports

Posted on 06/19/2006 2:26:13 PM PDT by rw4site

Police: Homeowner shoots teen during burglary

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Monday, June 19, 2006

A Longview homeowner early Monday shot and killed a 15-year-old boy who police say was one of three teenagers attempting to burglarize the man's home in the 1100 block of Camille Drive.

Longview Police responded to the residence on Camille Drive at approximately 3:30 a.m.

The homeowner told police he was sleeping and heard noises, including glass breaking, according to a media release from the Longview Police Department. The man armed himself with a firearm and entered his living room, where he saw several people standing in the room — one person holding what appeared to be a weapon. The man shot toward the person he believed was holding a weapon.

When police arrived, they arrested Gregory Allison, 17, of Longview, who was being detained at the scene by the homeowner.

A 15-year-old boy was found in the woods behind the residence with a gunshot wound, and was taken to Longview Regional Medical Center, where he later was pronounced dead.

Police also found a 14-year-old boy at a residence on Woodway Lane after they received calls the boy also was suffering from a gunshot wound. The 14-year-old boy was taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center, and his condition is unknown.

Allison is being held at the Gregg County Jail on a charge of burglary of a habitation.

The case remains under investigation.


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The homeowner is a nephew by marriage of my sister. As my sister related in an email, He is a builder and has two houses in the Longview Parade of Homes. The home he protected was the one he and his family had chosen to live in after the display was over.

He and his daughter were spending the night at the house "just in case."

Two teens were shot, one was killed. Another teen was injured jumping from an upper deck and was the one detained and held for the police. The police are also looking for a 21 YO male who fled the scene. They know who it is and it is just a matter of time before they get him.

The young homeowner and his family are devastated. Send prayers

1 posted on 06/19/2006 2:26:14 PM PDT by rw4site
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The object the owner thought was a weapon was a shovel they used to break in the door.


2 posted on 06/19/2006 2:28:56 PM PDT by rw4site (Little men want Big Government!)
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The government should pay a bounty whenever human garbage is killed. And a medal.


3 posted on 06/19/2006 2:29:43 PM PDT by stinkerpot65
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I lift them up in prayer to God. He was in reasonable fear of his life - and so he did what he had to do to protect himself and his child...


4 posted on 06/19/2006 2:30:41 PM PDT by dandelion
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Kudos to your nephew. That's pretty good shooting.

As to the perps, I have zero sympathy for these slugs. Burgle an occuppied home and die: it's as simple as that. You'd think the word would start to get out.


5 posted on 06/19/2006 2:30:58 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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Perhaps "teens" shouldn't be breaking into houses.

Too bad, but...I'd do the same thing. Period.


6 posted on 06/19/2006 2:31:09 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Islamic Terrorists, the Mainstream Media and the Democrat Party Have the Same Goals in Iraq.)
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Another success story.


7 posted on 06/19/2006 2:31:37 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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You'd think the word would start to get out.

Especially in TX.

8 posted on 06/19/2006 2:31:46 PM PDT by ECM (Government is a make-work program for lawyers.)
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in before the ping


9 posted on 06/19/2006 2:33:18 PM PDT by ziggy_dlo (DEPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS AND ALL OTHER THIRD WORLD LOVING LIBERALS!!!)
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Prayers up for your nephew and his family. May God grant him the peace of knowing that he did the right thing.

IMHO, 14-15 year-olds should be quite old enough to know that busting into someone else's house in the middle of the night is a really bad idea. May they serve as a warning to others.


10 posted on 06/19/2006 2:35:35 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
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The object the owner thought was a weapon was a shovel they used to break in the door.

Moral of story: Don't bring a shovel to a gunfight.

11 posted on 06/19/2006 2:36:18 PM PDT by TheRightGuy (ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
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The object the owner thought was a weapon was a shovel they used to break in the door.

If they used the shovel to break in the door, they very well may have used the shovel to break his and/or his daughter's skulls.

These miscreants chose poorly. The homeowner chose wisely.

12 posted on 06/19/2006 2:39:05 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal (As it was in the days of NO...)
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This is very sad.

The community should insist that young people are educated in the schools that burglary and theft and wrong and obeying these prohibitions (as well as other moral law) protects everyone. Reckless disregard and coveting the property of others always harms someone.

13 posted on 06/19/2006 2:39:25 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Striving to obtain liberal victim status.)
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Given the right conditions (e.g., an unarmed homeowner), a shovel can be a hell of a weapon.


14 posted on 06/19/2006 2:39:28 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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Interesting that the ethnicity of the "teens" (youths) was not mentioned.


15 posted on 06/19/2006 2:41:44 PM PDT by Disambiguator (I'm not paranoid, just pragmatic.)
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A Longview homeowner early Monday shot and killed a 15-year-old boy who police say was one of three teenagers attempting to burglarize the man's home in the 1100 block of Camille Drive.

Well at least the kid avoided a life of crime.

16 posted on 06/19/2006 2:42:09 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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Is this the Camille drive that is right off of Gilmer road? If so your relative lives about two blocks from my aunt. It worries me her living alone. Years ago my father tried to train her on firearms. The experience was not a success.
17 posted on 06/19/2006 2:52:13 PM PDT by Fellow Traveler
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I just got off the phone with my sister. She said the boys were Caucasian.

She said her nephew was deeply involved with his religion and has spent time as a volunteer missionary to Belize. His daughter is a Mayan from Belize. They adopted her as an infant and she is now in the second grade.

18 posted on 06/19/2006 2:57:10 PM PDT by rw4site (Little men want Big Government!)
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A shovel is a weapon in a case like that.


19 posted on 06/19/2006 2:58:13 PM PDT by DBrow
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The people involved are not my relatives. They are the niece and nephew of my sister's husband. They are his brother's daughter and her husband.


20 posted on 06/19/2006 3:01:17 PM PDT by rw4site (Little men want Big Government!)
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