Burglary Suspect Shot Dead In East Oak Cliff

[Wildscar]

Wonder is Fagan Jr. is part of this forum. It would apper that he knows not to give statement directly after an encounter like this? Good for him.

Also this story goes to show that criminals dont even care about alarms casue the father tried to deter them be setting it off. He said it didnt work.

Burglary Suspect Shot Dead In East Oak Cliff

http://cbs11tv.com/local/Burglary.Suspe ... 64219.html

Reporting
Bud Gillett DALLAS (CBS 11 News) ― A recent rash of burglaries in the east Oak Cliff area of Dallas may be over after a suspect was shot dead on Wednesday morning.

The incident started Tuesday night, when someone threw a brick through the window of a home, located in the 2200 block of Scotland Drive in the east Oak Cliff area of Dallas. The home belongs to an elderly father by the name of Otis Fagan Sr.

His son, Otis Fagan Jr., came over on Tuesday to help board up the window, and drove past the house again several times Tuesday night to keep an eye out for any suspicious activity.

While driving past the house at about 6 a.m. Wednesday morning, Fagan Jr. noticed a beam of light coming from the backyard. He stopped to check things out and discovered a man inside the backyard tool shed.

Fagan Jr. confronted the suspected burglar with a gun. According to police, the suspect then attacked Fagan Jr., who fired off possibly four bullets.

After the encounter, the suspect fled the scene down an alleyway and fell dead in the yard of a neighbor on Locust Street.

CBS 11 News spoke with the elderly father on Wednesday afternoon. He said that he did not see anything, but heard noises outside in the moments just before the shooting. Fagan Sr. also said that he had triggered his home security alarm in hopes of scaring away the suspected burglar, but that it did not work.

According to his sister, Fagan Jr. was licensed to carry the gun. Attempts to speak with Fagan Jr. were not successful. He rushed inside the home before issuing a comment.

Both generations of Fagans were taken to police headquarters on Wednesday for questioning. Police have said that this appears to be a legal shooting, but are continuing to investigate the case. In the meantime, no arrests have been made.

[ictoamn]

Good thing he decided to drive by and check on the place.

+1 for the Good Guys

[bpet]

That is a great story.

I watched the news and saw the story but didn't realize that it is in the neighborhood I grew up in. According to the report, the BG fell dead in the 22 hundred block of Locust St. I lived in the 2700 block of L0cust as a kid. Used to be a nice neighborhood. I guess things change although it's probably still unusual to find a dead guy in your yard when you go out to get the paper in the morning.

I never feared for my life when I lived there in the mid 50s but like I said, things change. Could have been worse. The BG could have gotten away.