Posted on 07/17/2022 8:00:28 PM PDT by montag813
by Joshua Ford | 24News
33-year-old suspect Joseph A. Ortega was shot around midnight by a 93-year-old southern California homeowner named Joe Teague.
Teague fired his shotgun once, hitting one of the suspects. Ortega was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later died.
Teague is not facing any charges.
Speaking to the local news outlet KNBC, Teague said a group of people consisting of “ladies and men” had “kicked the door open.”
“The big guy, he came at me,” Teague explained, adding that the rest of the group “started throwing objects that [were] in the house at me.”
“When they broke in, they got a lot of my equipment, and I approached them to put them under citizens’ arrest,” and “I kept telling them, ‘I have a shotgun with three shells in it,’ but I actually only had one. And they kept throwing stuff at me,” he explained.
Oscar Malma, who’s married to Teague’s granddaughter, said, “Recently he’s been having break-ins.”
Ortega was joined by several other individuals. They were inside the Teague’s residence when the shooting occurred.
“It happened once on Friday; on [a] bright day they went to break in the house. And now this happened in the middle of the night? … They were looking for him. They’ve been watching him. They’ve been watching the house for a while.”
“He was tired because every time he calls the police, [they take] forever to come and assist him,” Malma told KABC-TV. “He took the law into his own hands.” The station said authorities have not confirmed how many reported break-ins there have been at Teague’s home.
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I trust he will manage.
Just taking out the trash!
I wish I could buy this guy’s dinner and a box of shells.
Joe’s my kinda guy. Doubt if he’d go for any of that woke crap either.
He looks like he’s thinking
” the first man I killed was a damn German Nazi and now I am had to kill an american nazi . Damn it all. “
This could have been prevented if we had better gun control.
Was Ortega one of the colorful breakfast tacos that Jill Biden mentioned?
Not any more.
RIP, finally.
I missed where in Calif this happened.
Got a good Sheriff there.
He did OK.
If he wants to stay at the current residence he needs to step up his hardware [cops likely grabbed his piece] and get some significant security coverage so he can take an occasional nap.
Good shooting Pappy. You got him!
You win the Internet today!!!
But seriously: The other intruders hadn't even planned things that far in advance! Instead, they "started throwing object that [were already] in the house" at him!
Regards,
Still drives, judging by the seat belt. Brandon can only dream of being as tough and alert as Joe Teague.
Yeah - With extra salsa!
Regards,
Father Time must be a pretty good shot!
Thank you!
At his age, he may have been a WW2 vet.
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