(TX) Man kills roommate who turns violent 04-05-02

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1345372 April
5, 2002, 12:03PM
Man shoots, kills roommate in early-morning fight By MIKE GLENN
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The case of a man who fatally shot his roommate in southeast Houston
this morning will be referred to the Harris County Grand Jury without
recommendation for charges, a Houston police spokesman said.

The shooting happened about 2:45 a.m. in the 1200 block of Elberta. The
suspect told HPD investigators he locked himself in his room when the
34-year-old victim came home about 1:30 a.m. and tried to start a fight.

“The suspect said he heard the victim in the house yelling at him and
then kicking on his bedroom door,” said HPD spokesman John Cannon.

The man told police he fired a shotgun blast as a warning through the
top of the door.
The victim continued beating on the door, eventually kicking it open.

“The suspect fired the shotgun again, hitting his roommate in the
chest,” Cannon said.

The men then went next door where he asked his neighbors to call 911 and
waited for police to arrive.

Police said the physical evidence at the scene tends to support his
version of what happened.

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