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Neighbor, 83, shoots burglar
03.OCT.07
LA VERNIA - Raymond Charles Bunte, 83, shot and killed a burglar who broke
into his neighbor's house at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 28.
He told deputies from the Wilson County Sheriff's Office that he heard a
loud noise from his neighbor's house on F.M. 1346, Sheriff Joe Tackitt Jr.
said. Since he knew his neighbor was at work, Bunte drove his vehicle around
his neighbor's home.
Bunte saw a ve-hicle he knew shouldn't be there and blocked it in with his
own. He saw that the front door was kicked in and, with 12-gauge shotgun in
hand, shouted for the burglars to come outside, Tackitt said.
One suspect ran, but the other, 23-year-old Dustin Brandon Houston, got into
his vehicle and tried to run over Bunte.
Bunte fired once, hitting Houston in the head and killing him instantly,
Tackitt said. Bunte's wife flagged a passerby down on the road, who made a
call to the police at 1:52 p.m.
Bexar County law-enforcement units and the Texas Rangers assisted Wilson
County deputies in the search for the other suspect, identified as Steven
Christopher Muniz, 24. Texas Rangers arrested Muniz at 10 p.m. at his home
on the south side of San Antonio. He was arrested on outstanding San Antonio
warrants for burglary of a habitation. Wilson County has yet to charge him,
Tackitt said.
Houston and Muniz had told friends earlier that day they were on their way
to commit burglaries in Wilson County, according to Tackitt.
"We think they may have been responsible for a number of burglaries here,"
Tackitt said. A number of stolen items were retrieved, but owners have not
yet been identified.
Neighbor, 83, shoots burglar
03.OCT.07
LA VERNIA - Raymond Charles Bunte, 83, shot and killed a burglar who broke
into his neighbor's house at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 28.
He told deputies from the Wilson County Sheriff's Office that he heard a
loud noise from his neighbor's house on F.M. 1346, Sheriff Joe Tackitt Jr.
said. Since he knew his neighbor was at work, Bunte drove his vehicle around
his neighbor's home.
Bunte saw a ve-hicle he knew shouldn't be there and blocked it in with his
own. He saw that the front door was kicked in and, with 12-gauge shotgun in
hand, shouted for the burglars to come outside, Tackitt said.
One suspect ran, but the other, 23-year-old Dustin Brandon Houston, got into
his vehicle and tried to run over Bunte.
Bunte fired once, hitting Houston in the head and killing him instantly,
Tackitt said. Bunte's wife flagged a passerby down on the road, who made a
call to the police at 1:52 p.m.
Bexar County law-enforcement units and the Texas Rangers assisted Wilson
County deputies in the search for the other suspect, identified as Steven
Christopher Muniz, 24. Texas Rangers arrested Muniz at 10 p.m. at his home
on the south side of San Antonio. He was arrested on outstanding San Antonio
warrants for burglary of a habitation. Wilson County has yet to charge him,
Tackitt said.
Houston and Muniz had told friends earlier that day they were on their way
to commit burglaries in Wilson County, according to Tackitt.
"We think they may have been responsible for a number of burglaries here,"
Tackitt said. A number of stolen items were retrieved, but owners have not
yet been identified.