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Homeowner Shoots Suspect After 2 Break-Ins

April 3, 2008

 

HOUSTON -- A southeast Houston homeowner shot a burglary suspect Thursday

afternoon after he was victimized twice in a week, officials told KPRC Local

2.

 

Thomas Williamson lives in the 6000 block of Bois D'arc. He said he stayed

home from work on Thursday after a burglar hit his home twice in a few days.

 

Williamson said he looked out his window at about 1 p.m. and saw a man walk

across his back yard. The man went into Williamson's garage and tried to

steal an air compressor, worth about $400, he said.

 

When the burglary suspect walked out of the garage with bolt cutters,

Williamson said he grabbed his shotgun.

 

"He came to the door and I went, 'Get on the ground. Get on the ground.' He

got on the ground and I told him, 'Do not move,'" he said. "I was shaking. I

had him on the ground with my shotgun and I told him, 'Do not move.' I was

even yelling. I fired one shot in the ground just to show him I meant

business."

 

Williamson said he shot the man when he tried to run. The burglary suspect

was taken to Ben Taub Hospital with a gunshot wound. His condition was not

released.

 

The District Attorney's Office said charges would probably not be filed

because Williamson was protecting his property.

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