Texas Homeowner Shoots Back
Here is a headline that we should all see more of in the mainstream media.
To their credit, all the major news networks here in the DFW metroplex are
reporting this story.

Police: Tenant Fatally Shoots Intruders
NBC 5: Man Down Near Fence

POSTED: 9:45 a.m. CST January 23, 2003
UPDATED: 4:37 p.m. CST January 23, 2003

DALLAS — Police are investigating a Thursday morning shooting that has
left two suspects dead at a north Dallas apartment complex and a victim
hospitalized.

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2 Dead In N. Dallas Shooting

The 29-year-old resident was shot in the arm and shoulder in the shootout,
and was treated and released from Parkland Memorial Hospital, police say.

Police say the man called 911 around 9 a.m. to report hearing someone
breaking in the side door of his townhouse at the Kensington Square Apartments
in the 15000 block of Knoll Trail. The resident, who has not been
identified, was home with his wife and children at the time.

Police said the resident said he confronted a man in the living room, and
the man opened fire.

The resident retreated into his bedroom, got a handgun and returned fire.
One man was dead inside the residence, and a second was found dead near a
hedge outside the complex.

The dead man outside had a latex glove on one hand. Another glove lay
nearby, and a handgun was lying about 15 feet away.

Police spokesman Chris Gilliam said authorities are looking for a third
suspect who may have left the scene in a car. The dead men have not yet been
identified.

Gilliam said it is unknown if the resident knew the intruders, but
burglary is a likely motive.

“A lot of burglaries happen during the day when people are usually at
work,” he said.