Missouri City, Homeowner shoots, kills burglar

[billv]

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Missouri City police said the shooting happened in the 900 block of Bolton Drive shortly after 1 p.m.

The homeowner said he was home when two men came to his front door and knocked. Since he did not recognize them, he didn't answer, he said.

A short time later, one of the men knocked on the back door before kicking it in, investigators said.

The homeowner said he grabbed his deer rifle and ordered the burglar to stop. The man then turned around with a pistol in his hand, the homeowner said, so the homeowner fired once.

The burglar died at the scene, according to police.

"The homeowner is fine, a little shaken up. He certainly didn't want to start his day off like this," said Officer Mike Berezin with the Missouri City Police Department.

"The other man had a gun. He didn't have any choice. It was him or the other guy. (It) still doesn't make it any easier on him," said Randy Charlton, the homeowner's friend.

The second man drove off but was apprehended an hour later because the homeowner wrote down the vehicle's license plate number, police said. Investigators said the second man crashed into another vehicle near the intersection of Kirby Drive and the South Loop.

No names were released.

[Rex B]

Wow, he shoots a BG in the house, then writes down the tag number of the BG leaving in the car.
I don't think i would have been able to write anything legible until, maybe, the next day.

[baldeagle]

Wow, he shoots a BG in the house, then writes down the tag number of the BG leaving in the car.
I don't think i would have been able to write anything legible until, maybe, the next day.

He may have written the license down before the incident. The article doesn't say.

[Rex B]

You are probably right. i forgot he had observed them out the front first

[Beiruty]

Do they have castle doctrine? Ordering burglar breaking to leave? Is retreat mandate there?

[Pawpaw]

Do they have castle doctrine? Ordering burglar breaking to leave? Is retreat mandate there?

"There" is Missouri City, TX.

[Scott in Houston]

Do they have castle doctrine? Ordering burglar breaking to leave? Is retreat mandate there?

It's almost a third world country, but yeah, "THEY" have all the rights "WE" have.

[Beiruty]

Do they have castle doctrine? Ordering burglar breaking to leave? Is retreat mandate there?

"There" is Missouri City, TX.

Sorry my bad. BTW, in TX and there is no evil AR or and extremely deadly AK?

I watched the video, more info there. The homeowner ordered the BG to freeze and not move a single inch, but he turned around with pistol. The homeowner had a what seems a 30-30 repeating rifle.

[b322da]

The other arrested BG looks like a man of color.

I must, with respect, ask what value this sentence adds to the discussion?

Elmo

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“Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [our nation's] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy....” - John Quincy Adams
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[Cobra Medic]

The other arrested BG looks like a man of color.

I must, with respect, ask what value this sentence adds to the discussion?

That depends. Will Q Ten try to do his usual rabble rousing against Houston area home defenders?

[Beiruty]

The other arrested BG looks like a man of color.

I must, with respect, ask what value this sentence adds to the discussion?

Elmo

*****
“Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [our nation's] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy....” - John Quincy Adams
*****

.Edited my post and removed that statment. There is no need to ID the suspect since he is in custody.

[pcernuch]

The other arrested BG looks like a man of color.

I must, with respect, ask what value this sentence adds to the discussion?

That depends. Will Q Ten try to do his usual rabble rousing against Houston area home defenders?

i see and like what you did there!

god bless.