(TX) Off-duty officer fires at thieves who pointed gun at him12-05-01
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Dec. 5, 2001, 10:40AM
Officer shoots at yard-statue thieves
By PEGGY O’HARE
Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle
An off-duty Houston police officer followed two men who stole concrete
statues from his front yard Tuesday and fired at the driver when he
pointed a gun at him, authorities said.
Officer J.H. Lynn said two men forced their way through his front yard’s
locked gate at 12:45 p.m., took two statues from the lawn and drove off.
The officer followed the thieves to get their license plate number. When
they reached the 1000 block of West 25th, they turned around and drove
toward Lynn, with the driver pointing a handgun at the officer.
Lynn fired his duty weapon one time at the driver, but the pair drove
through a ditch and sped away.
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1159821