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Port Aransas homeowner shoots, injures intruder
Saturday, December 1, 2007
PORT ARANSAS - A 23-year-old man was shot in the chest late Thursday by a
homeowner who caught the man burglarizing his home, police said.
The 42-year-old homeowner confronted the intruder about 11:15 p.m. Thursday
inside his home and shot him with a .22-caliber pistol, said Port Aransas
Police Detective Mark Stokes.
Police would not release the home's location or the name and occupation of
the homeowner because of possible retaliation, Stokes said.
The shooting victim was conscious while being taken by HALO-Flight to
Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial, emergency rescuers said. He remained in
intensive care Friday in stable condition, Stokes said.
Investigators will present information to the district attorney before
deciding whether to arrest the suspect, Stokes said.
A woman also was at home at the time of the incident but was not involved,
Stokes said, and the homeowner was not charged.
"By Texas statute, a homeowner has the right to defend themselves and their
property," he said.
Port Aransas homeowner shoots, injures intruder
Saturday, December 1, 2007
PORT ARANSAS - A 23-year-old man was shot in the chest late Thursday by a
homeowner who caught the man burglarizing his home, police said.
The 42-year-old homeowner confronted the intruder about 11:15 p.m. Thursday
inside his home and shot him with a .22-caliber pistol, said Port Aransas
Police Detective Mark Stokes.
Police would not release the home's location or the name and occupation of
the homeowner because of possible retaliation, Stokes said.
The shooting victim was conscious while being taken by HALO-Flight to
Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial, emergency rescuers said. He remained in
intensive care Friday in stable condition, Stokes said.
Investigators will present information to the district attorney before
deciding whether to arrest the suspect, Stokes said.
A woman also was at home at the time of the incident but was not involved,
Stokes said, and the homeowner was not charged.
"By Texas statute, a homeowner has the right to defend themselves and their
property," he said.