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Husband shoots home invasion suspect holding wife at gunpoint
KHOU ^ | 07/18/18 | Michelle Michelle Choi

Posted on 07/19/2018 9:41:29 AM PDT by Simon Green

HOUSTON – Police say a husband opened fire on two home invasion suspects as they tried to hold his wife at gunpoint overnight.

This happened around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in in southeast Houston near Scott and Airport.

According to the Houston Police Department, the husband managed to shoot one of the suspects in the head.

Investigators said it all started when the man’s wife pulled into their driveway Tuesday night. Then the two armed suspects jumped out and tried to rob her.

First, they took her purse, and then they tried to force her into the house. However, that is when her husband showed up.

He heard the commotion from inside, grabbed his gun and ended up exchanging gunfire with the intruders.

Fortunately, the couple weren’t hit, but one of the suspects was hit in the head, police said. The other suspect took off running.

Police said the injured suspect was taken into surgery.

As for the couple, one can only imagine what was going through their mind when this was all over. Hopefully, they’re able to find some peace of mind this morning, knowing they’re OK.

(Excerpt) Read more at khou.com ...


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To: gibsonguy
He took the shot. How many times have you screamed at the screen “take the shot”?

Many, many times. Criminal Minds is one of the biggest offenders. With a roomful of agents who (supposedly) are excellent shots, one of the agents will drop his gun and try to talk the suspect into letting the victim go and dropping his weapon. This is insanity, risking two lives in order to save the life of a serial killer? This kind of la-la land crap is repeated on other cop shows ad infinitum.

21 posted on 07/19/2018 10:02:49 AM PDT by DeFault User
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To: Yo-Yo

Or -

http://handguncombatives.com/assets/chestCav.pdf


22 posted on 07/19/2018 10:03:06 AM PDT by gasport ( Deplorable, SMELLy, WM-shopping hillbilly with only one doctorate)
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To: Simon Green

Good. Too bad the other worm wasn’t terminated.


23 posted on 07/19/2018 10:04:52 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
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To: LydiaLong
I tell my wife that in that situation, just faint.

Perps can't hold dead weight as cover, for too long.

24 posted on 07/19/2018 10:04:53 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Red Badger
Why would the husband hold his wife at gunpoint while shooting the suspect?.............

LOL, I wondered the same, myself.

25 posted on 07/19/2018 10:05:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Simon Green

Knowing the first perp means finding the other will be easy. Happy hunting!


26 posted on 07/19/2018 10:06:58 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Simon Green

If you don’t have a gun in your home, you are an idiot. And I mean— loaded and ready to go. Your life may depend on it,


27 posted on 07/19/2018 10:07:00 AM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.ith the solar)
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To: Simon Green

Good shooting!


28 posted on 07/19/2018 10:08:31 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Simon Green

Give him a civic award.


29 posted on 07/19/2018 10:11:20 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Sopater
"Absolutely, what would you want me to do?", she said "please practice... a lot."

That worked out pretty good!! d;^)

30 posted on 07/19/2018 10:20:07 AM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: gibsonguy

Believe it or not, I’ve given this scenario a lot of thought. I have a fine 9mm carbine with a laser and an Aimpoint PRO sighted in at 7 yards. I’m confident in the weapon’s capability if I can use it properly. I think I’ll head to the range in the morning....


31 posted on 07/19/2018 10:21:08 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me! "Wyrd bið ful aræd”)
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To: LydiaLong

“Taken into surgery? If I were the doctors, I’d take about 2 hours to come up with a diagnosis.”

“Hmmmm...He appears to be suffering from poisonous humors caused by a witches potion. A good bleeding should have him back on his feet in no time.”


32 posted on 07/19/2018 10:23:07 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: DeFault User

“Many, many times. Criminal Minds is one of the biggest offenders. With a roomful of agents who (supposedly) are excellent shots, one of the agents will drop his gun and try to talk the suspect into letting the victim go and dropping his weapon. This is insanity, risking two lives in order to save the life of a serial killer? This kind of la-la land crap is repeated on other cop shows ad infinitum.”

That’s why I quit watching an otherwise entertaining show. One twitch of the finger and the hostage or one of the agents is dead. Too stupid to watch. We had a case locally several years ago where a guy was waving a gun around. A deputy, who had known the guy since childhood, tried the old “okay, buddy, hand me the gun” trick. The deputy ended up dead.


33 posted on 07/19/2018 10:32:55 AM PDT by suthener
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To: G Larry

“I tell my wife that in that situation, just faint.”

In the police academy we were taught to grab the weapon and basically collapse to the floor so our partner could take the shot.


34 posted on 07/19/2018 10:34:51 AM PDT by suthener
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To: Simon Green

Two gentle giant pre-med students out looking for mentos?


35 posted on 07/19/2018 10:42:52 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Simon Green

A head shot ???

I’m sure the family will sue based on the fact he should have shot him in the ass...


36 posted on 07/19/2018 10:51:54 AM PDT by Popman (Wisdom is not what you know about the world but how well you know God.)
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To: Simon Green

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Fortunately, the couple weren’t hit, but one of the suspects was hit in the head, police said.
>

BUT?! The cries, angst and gnashing of teeth in the writer/editor’s office must have been drowning


37 posted on 07/19/2018 10:54:35 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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To: DeFault User

I freaking hate tv shows/movies where the good guys drop their weapons because a bad guy is holding a hostage and threatens to kill said hostage. How exactly is disarming going to improve this scenario? It’s not and any reasonable person knows that.

Just more anti-gun liberal insanity/propaganda being shoveled like cow poop.


38 posted on 07/19/2018 11:04:15 AM PDT by catbertz
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To: Simon Green

I like happy endings!


39 posted on 07/19/2018 11:16:44 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Husband shoots home invasion suspect holding wife at gunpoint

"I only read the headline, but I still want to know why some guy invading a home would bring his wife along."


40 posted on 07/19/2018 11:16:50 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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