TX: Homeowner Kills Thief
The Dallas Morning News: Metro
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro/stories/370692_metbrfs_18met..html
Metro in brief
05/18/2001
From Staff Reports
Dallas: Resident kills man suspected of stealing tools
A southeast Dallas resident shot and killed a man who the homeowner said
was stealing tools from a shed behind his house Thursday night, police
said. The names of the homeowner and the man he shot were not
immediately released. The man, who may have been wielding a knife, was
shot once in the chest about 8:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Dowdy Ferry
Road, police said.
FAIR USE:
NOTE: A conversation with a local reporter confirmed that the thief was
indeed carryng a knife, and that he was a three-time loser and career
burglar. The reporter stated that he had “violent episodes” in his
past.