Defending himself, mother, boy kills intruder 14-year-old fires once, hits man in head

Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | October 10, 2006 | Beth Wilson and Mary Ann Cavazos

[wouldntbprudent]

The danger must have been so imminent and real that survival instinct took over.

[wouldntbprudent]

I'm with you---unless there are a dozen similar threads running all at once, I fail to see the attraction in pointing out the occasionally dupe thread.

[supercat]

Anywhere but Texas, the headline for this story would be "Man Killed In Home Invasion".

Correction: "Home invasion ends in shooting; one dead"

[gridlock]

Correction: "Home invasion ends in shooting; one dead"

Corrected Correction: "Home Invasion Ends In Shooting. Father of Three Dead"

[Paleo Conservative]

With our crazy liberal court system the boy will probably get 20 to life for shooting a gun without a license.

You don't need a license to have a gun in your home in Texas.

[deport]

One Bullet One Kill.
The boy should be proud.

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I know I probably shouldn't say this, but

Barney Fife would have been proud.....

[scripter]

Didn't see you pinged... yet.

[SunTzuWu]

Lot of luck involved in a shot like that.

Then again, maybe he just aimed.

[Palladin]

Thak God the boy was home sick that day. I shudder to think what would have happened to his mother otherwise.

Mrs. Koslowski can be real proud of her boy!

[Twinkie]

I have an 80 yr. old aunt in Texas who "packs iron" and can shoot.

[tom h]

"*Sniff* Don't you just love a happy ending. *sniff* "

Hey! You stole my line!

[billiamy]

Looks like UPI picked up the story, here is a Florida website using the UPI story: http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/41128

I wonder if LA or NY Slimes will pick it up?

[Ben Mugged]

Then again, maybe he just aimed.

"the teen fired a shot through the door and hit the intruder in the head"

Not unless he can see through a bedroom door.

[Old Professer]

Yeah, most days a guy could hang around all day waiting for a target to show up and this guy just walks right in and dares the little twerp to take him out.

[FourPeas]

Way to go Mom & Dad raising a son who knows how to shoot.

[SunTzuWu]

Not unless he can see through a bedroom door.

The line before that reads:

"She was using all her strength to push them," Houston said, adding that the boy aimed at the man through a space in the door and fired one shot.

I took the word them to mean that they were double doors and the kid fired through the crack at about head height. The intruder would have been centered on the door, pushing to get in.