Exercising the Right
Man Shot Forcing His Way Into Apartment
Click2Houston.com reported on December 8 about a shooting in southeast Houston in which a mother who was home with her 11-month-old baby was forced to defend herself. Houston Police Department Lieutenant Larry Crowson told Click2Houston.com that “somebody started beating on her door very heavily. She opened the door and a male that she didn’t know started forcing his way into the apartment.”
Police say the man tried shoving the door open and entering the apartment while rambling incoherent gibberish. Thankfully, the fast-acting woman was able to retrieve a loaded firearm and shoot the deranged man before he got into the apartment. Police say she only shot him once; the mortally wounded intruder tried to flee but did not get far. He was found deceased on the scene.
Law enforcement is still investigating, and they have not yet determined a motive, but there are suspicions he was either under the influence of drugs or had mental problems. Houston Police Department homicide investigator Bobby Smith told Click2Houston.com that the suspect had been seen wandering around the apartment complex in the days prior to the shooting. “People have seen him around in the apartments before, just kind of walking around, wandering around…. But nobody really knows him, nobody knows whether or not he actually lives in the apartments,” Smith said.
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