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Homeowner steps up: shoots suspected burglar in the back(TX)
kltv.com ^ | 23 November, 2011 | Bob Hallmark

Posted on 11/24/2011 7:27:00 PM PST by marktwain

LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) - A suspected car burglar nearly paid with his life after a homeowner shot him.

The shooting happened around 1 a.m. at a residence in the 100 block of Richardson Street in Longview.

A frightening night for the homeowner who did not want to be identified, who was victimized yet again by a car burglar.

"This is probably our fifth or sixth time this year and we're fed up with it. I don't think it's fair my--husband works really hard," said the victim.

It was one in the morning, the homeowners at the house were asleep when they hear a suspect breaking into their vehicle, but this suspect got more than he bargained for.

When officers arrived they were told by the car's owner that he had fired a weapon in the direction of a car burglar, who then ran from the scene, but was hit in the lower back.

"He heard some noises and went outside and fired off three rounds," said Kristie Brian of the Longview Police Department.

"He was trying to steal stuff from the truck," the homeowner said, "The guy took off running down green street."

Brian says that under the "Castle Doctrine," the homeowner was allowed to do what he did.

Officers later located the suspect, following a blood trail, to a house only a few blocks away.

The suspect is hospitalized, and the homeowner has a warning, "I just want to let them know, they can't come here anymore and expect top take our stuff and for nothing to happen."

We're told the suspect has non life-threatening injuries.

He will face charges once he is out of the hospital.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist; property; theif; tx
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Texas allow the use of deadly force at night to protect property.
1 posted on 11/24/2011 7:27:05 PM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

“What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine also”. It’s the new “american dream”.


2 posted on 11/24/2011 7:32:39 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Stop BIG Government Greed Now!!!!)
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The “redistribution of wealth” can have very BAD consequences for the “re-distributor”;)


3 posted on 11/24/2011 7:34:00 PM PST by Frank_2001
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"Texas allow the use of deadly force at night to protect property."

You some states don't?

4 posted on 11/24/2011 7:35:49 PM PST by NakedRampage (Puttin' the "stud" in Bible study)
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"Texas allow the use of deadly force at night to protect property."

You mean some states don't?

5 posted on 11/24/2011 7:35:56 PM PST by NakedRampage (Puttin' the "stud" in Bible study)
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This is outrageous!

The homeowner obviously needs more range time.

6 posted on 11/24/2011 7:38:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The very idea of a community organizer is to stir up a mob for some political purpose." Ann Coulter)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
This is outrageous!

The homeowner obviously needs more range time.

Sounds like it may have been a shotgun loaded with something
more suited for quail that criminals.

7 posted on 11/24/2011 7:45:04 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: marktwain
A story where the homeowner is unapologetic and there is no silly ass lecture from police.

For that we are truly thankful!

8 posted on 11/24/2011 7:48:11 PM PST by Ken H (Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
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To: NakedRampage

“You mean some states don’t?”

Most states don’t. In fact, as far as I know, only Texas permits use of deadly force to protect property. Other states require threat to the person using deadly force...


9 posted on 11/24/2011 7:59:46 PM PST by piytar (The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
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I am shocked and amazed that there are still thieves in Texas.


10 posted on 11/24/2011 8:09:24 PM PST by delapaz
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We're told the suspect has non life-threatening injuries

The homeowner needs to use hollow-points or a larger caliber round. The perp deserved more than a minor wound.

11 posted on 11/24/2011 8:12:25 PM PST by JoeGar
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I am shocked and amazed that there are still thieves in Texas.

There are, but fewer and fewer repeater!


12 posted on 11/24/2011 8:21:51 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: JoeGar

............don’t think the shooter could see the perp in the dark..............


13 posted on 11/24/2011 8:27:23 PM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: delapaz

“I am shocked and amazed that there are still thieves in Texas.” Many of the thieves are dead, but they are still in Texas.


14 posted on 11/24/2011 8:34:00 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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Texas allow the use of deadly force at night to protect property.”

During the day, too.


15 posted on 11/24/2011 8:41:58 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: marktwain

He fired a weapon in the “general” direction of the perp and hit him in the “back”?
Shooting somebody in the back has never been “okay” and never should be! A 100 years ago they hung people in Texas for back shooting! You should never shoot in the “general direction” and only if there is a direct fear of bodily or worse harm. Shoot in the general direction today with the population around you is lunacy!


16 posted on 11/24/2011 9:00:24 PM PST by CowboyConservative
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Agreed. It’s like “hunters” shooting at something they can’t quite identify in the brush. Great odds of bagging an innocent. Bad, bad idea.


17 posted on 11/24/2011 9:41:50 PM PST by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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To: marktwain

Awesome!
This kind of “castle doctrine” law should be national.


18 posted on 11/24/2011 9:45:19 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: delapaz

That’s because many are from out of country.


19 posted on 11/24/2011 9:55:02 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Lancey Howard
This kind of “castle doctrine” law should be national.

“Castle doctrine” laws are intended to replace the earlier common standard that required you to "withdraw" or "retreat" when under attack in your own home. I don't think they legalize deadly force in the defense of property. If the perp is quite thoroughly dead however, you can always say you "were in fear for your life" and who's to argue?

Regards,
GtG

20 posted on 11/24/2011 10:03:26 PM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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