One man was killed and another ran for his life early today after they broke into a northwest Houston apartment and were met with gunfire from one of the residents, police said.
Detectives this morning were trying to identify the man who was killed by a shotgun blast [ed. 00 buckshot to the face will hamper identification. Who knew?] about 3:15 a.m. at the Shadow Creek Apartments in the 7500 block of Pinemont near Hollister.
The two men who live in the ground-floor apartment told officers they were preparing to watch a movie when they heard a loud noise. Their front door was suddenly kicked open and two men burst into the apartment, one of them holding a revolver, police were told.
Moral of the story: Don't bring a handgun to a shotgun fight...
Be sure to read the comments to the story, too. There's not a lot of sympathy for the poor unfortunate who got the dirt nap. Seems that people [clap][clap][clap] in the heart of Texas don't have a lot of sympathy for home invaders.
Good guys: 1, Bad Guys, 0
Dead Goblin count: 4
That is all.
9 comments:
Heh. Yeah we don't much put up with that kind of $%!# around here. Good on the guys both having shotguns at hand. I bet Contestant #2 did run like hell.
When you decide to move to a more free state, I will sponsor you. :)You are one of the good ones up there.
Not a lot of sympathy for the poor "victim".
One of the reasons I like Texas so much.
Ah do believe that yer a clap short there, podnah...
00 buckshot to the face will hamper identification. Who knew?
That's quality snark right there. Yessir.
I concur with chrisb.
The state motto is "Don't Mess With Texas" and we mean it. Don't start something unless you want to finish it. If you ever want to want move south to a less restrictive state, we'll keep a light on for ya.
I think this 'un's my favorite:
It is good to see that a criminal got completely rehabilitated at little expense to the tax paying public.
"Justified shootings" are on the rise here in SA, too. Even the daily calls 'em that.
Errr- "Don't mess with Texas" is a saying that was part of an anti litter campaign, though it has other implications, of course.
The state motto is "Friendship", and it wasn't very friendly to break into someone's house at all.
Less than a week later, another one bites the dust. This one by a CC license holder.
http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/1157078.html
chrisb,
Thank'ee, good sir. In an interesting twist, when I got laid off from my last job in 2000 I was offered the chance to re-locate to San Antonio rather than get laid off.
I declined, basically because we had just moved into our new house 9 months prior, the house we spent over a year building...
Been kickin' myself ever since...
TOTWTYTR,
Yep. I could see finding a nice little place down there to retire to...
JohnW,
I do believe you are correct, sir. Mea culpa!
Ted,
Heh. Snarky? Moi? Go figure...
Thanks agg79. I'll most likely just the border to NH when the time comes, but TX has the added advantage of NOT BEING COVERED IN 5 FEET OF SNOW right now...
sabra,
Not that we have them in MA very often, but when there is a righteous shooting, 99.999999 times out of a 100 the dirtbag who got killed will be called the victim. Raises my blood pressure it does...
libertyman,
I couldn't remember where the slogan came from, just the "Don't Mess With Texas". Thanks for the background!
Mule Breath,
Thanks for the heartwarming story. #5 will go up a little later today!
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