Police: Homeowner shoots teen during burglary

The News-Journal (Longview, Texas) ^ | Monday, June 19, 2006 | Staff Reports

[rw4site]

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

[rw4site]

The object the owner thought was a weapon was a shovel they used to break in the door.

[stinkerpot65]

The government should pay a bounty whenever human garbage is killed. And a medal.

[dandelion]

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...

[ArrogantBustard]

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.

[rightinthemiddle]

Perhaps "teens" shouldn't be breaking into houses.

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

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Another success story.

[ECM]

You'd think the word would start to get out.

Especially in TX.

[ziggy_dlo]

in before the ping

[Hegemony Cricket]

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.

[TheRightGuy]

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.

[Thinkin' Gal]

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.

[Navy Patriot]

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.

[Ole Okie]

Given the right conditions (e.g., an unarmed homeowner), a shovel can be a hell of a weapon.

[Disambiguator]

Interesting that the ethnicity of the "teens" (youths) was not mentioned.

[Paleo Conservative]

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.

[Fellow Traveler]

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.

[rw4site]

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.

[DBrow]

A shovel is a weapon in a case like that.

[rw4site]

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.