Texas Homeowner Shoots, Kills Man During Car Break-In

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Bob Irwin dissects the latest self defense and other shootings of the week. What went wrong, what went right and what we can learn from defense with a gun.

Las Vegas, NV –-(Ammoland.com)- Click 2 Houston reports this week (5/9) in Harris County, Texas: a man suspected of breaking into a car was shot and killed Monday by a homeowner.

According to investigators, the suspect was breaking into the homeowner’s pickup truck just before 5 a.m. The vehicle was parked in front of a house in the 12100 block of Oak Park Drive.

The owner, who was tipped off by his barking dogs, spotted the man inside the truck, called 911, and went out with a gun.

Deputies said the 54-year-old homeowner and the 27-year-old suspect had an altercation and the homeowner shot the suspect one time, killing him.

Investigators said the wounded man tried to run away before he collapsed in a ditch near a neighbor’s house. Deputies said he was alive when the ambulance arrived but died before Life Flight landed.

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