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.
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
The object the owner thought was a weapon was a shovel they used to break in the door.
The government should pay a bounty whenever human garbage is killed. And a medal.
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...
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.
Perhaps "teens" shouldn't be breaking into houses.
Too bad, but...I'd do the same thing. Period.
Another success story.
Especially in TX.
in before the ping
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.
Moral of story: Don't bring a shovel to a gunfight.
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.
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.
Given the right conditions (e.g., an unarmed homeowner), a shovel can be a hell of a weapon.
Interesting that the ethnicity of the "teens" (youths) was not mentioned.
Well at least the kid avoided a life of crime.
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.
A shovel is a weapon in a case like that.
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.
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