These posts are based on our Good Guy with a Gun calendar. Today’s post is somewhat updated from the calendar version.
A drunk young man thought that an elderly neighbor had previously called the police on him. It hadn’t happened, but that didn’t change the young man’s course of action.
He knocked on the neighbor’s door a little after midnight that Tuesday. (If you’re playing the home game, that means he was stupid-drunk on a Monday night.) The neighbor, recognizing him, opened the door for him — only to have the man force his way inside and threaten to kill him.
The elderly neighbor was not stupid: He grabbed a gun and fired at him, striking the intruder twice.
And this time, someone really did call the cops on the young man. He was rushed to a hospital. A police spokesman said:
The DA’s office and HPD’s Major Assaults Division are currently investigating this, and it’s likely the person who was shot will be charged later on today and the rest of it will be referred to a grand jury in the future.
“The rest of it” means the old man’s actions — his shooting of the stupid neighbor. It’s pretty typical in cases like this for the evidence to be put to a grand jury to decide whether charges are warranted. As I’d expect, though, I don’t see any evidence that the old man was ever charged.
Sources
News
Man shoots neighbor who allegedly forced his way inside and threatened to kill him (ABC13)
HPD: Man shoots neighbor who pushed his way into home, threatened to kill him (KHOU)
Houston shooting: Elderly man shoots neighbor who forced self into apartment (FOX 26)
Man shoots neighbor who forced way inside, accused him of calling police (KPRC 2)
Neighbor gets shot forcing himself into man’s home to threaten him, Texas cops say (Fort Worth Star-Telegram; also syndicated by Mahoning Matters)
Houston police briefing at the scene (YouTube; about a minute and a half of airtime)