Posted on 01/10/2011 8:35:27 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
HOUSTON – A quick-thinking neighbor helped thwart a couple of criminals attempting to steal thousands of dollars worth of roofing materials from a southwest Houston home, according to Houston police.
Police said a resident noticed two men taking shingles off the roof of a house on Belle Park at Corona around 11:30 p.m. No one lived at the home, which was under renovation, but the homeowner lived nearby.
The neighbor called the homeowner , Raul Rivera, who arrived quickly with his hand gun.
The two suspects hopped off the roof when confronted by the homeowner. One immediately fled on foot and the other hopped into a minivan parked at the property.
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I am pretty sure you can shoot some one in TX to prevent a felony and to protect your property.
>> I am pretty sure you can shoot some one in TX to prevent a felony and to protect your property.
Yes We Can!
Can you shoot a thief that is driving away from you in Texas without getting into trouble?
>> Can you shoot a thief that is driving away from you in Texas without getting into trouble?
That’s a good question. Irrelevant in this case, though; according to the article, he shot at the perp before the perp left his property.
Any pics of the perp?
Not only your own property but your neighbor’s as well (though I’m not sure exactly how “neighbor” is defined under the law).
Even though he was in a vehicle leaving the property? I imagine the jury will do the right thing if it came to a trial.
/johnny
Depends. If the thief has the valuables he stole in his possesion and it is the only way to prevent him from stealing them then yes, I believe so.OTOH, if it is after dark, criminal mischief is enough to warrant getting shot.
Thanks
Thanks
No pictures yet.
From a 2008 article in the Dallas Morning News:
"The laws governing the use of force to defend property instead of a person are very broad and very favorable to someone who wants to use that force," Mr. Edmonds said. Chapter 9 of the Texas Penal Code describes deadly force as justified to prevent arson, robbery, theft or criminal mischief at night, or to prevent a suspect from fleeing if the property owner "reasonably believes the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury."
no habla inglish.
Good. This should prevent any possible repercussions the shooting may have.
>> no habla inglish.
Yeah, my money would be on illegal alien perps... simply because no one else does roofing in Texas anymore. :-)
What is true billing?
A number of years ago, a man observed a crime (break-in of a car? can't remember!> in a mall parking lot here in the Dallas-Fort Worth mid-cities area. He retrieved his hand-gun from the glove box and gave chase in the parking lot, shooting the perp through the door of the car the perp was driving (not his own, if I remember correctly) and killing the perp.
Anyway, after the dust cleared, the shooter was charged by the DA with sundry crimes. The only one that stuck was a firearms possession transgression. The grand jury no-billed him on manslaughter for shooting the perp.
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