Violence Engulfs Neighborhood

The NBC affiliate in Houston reported on March 1 about a violent home invasion that left a suspect dead. The neighborhood had recently experienced a sharp spike in crime, but things took a deadly turn on March 1. Authorities say that a man, who had just moved in, heard someone break the glass next to his front door. The man grabbed his firearm and went downstairs to investigate. The homeowner found a man trying to break in to his house and fired at him. When police arrived, they discovered the suspect dead at the scene. Danny Triplett, a neighbor who heard the shots, described the sound to KPRC 2. “It was pretty big. Boom,” Triplett told Click2Houston.com.

Neighbor Jeffrey Hamby told Click2Houston.com that when he heard the shots in the middle of the night, he “thought someone was banging on my door.” Sadly, Hamby thinks this is not an isolated episode of crime and violence that the community will experience. “This is not the end of it, it’s just getting closer and closer to our front door,” he said. Hamby did express regret over the senseless killing, saying, “It’s a sad shame somebody loses their life over a handful of 20, 25, 30, 50 dollars.”

Triplett said that the community might join resources and enlist private security, which they had done in the past. “We’re going to the homeowner’s association at our next meeting and we’re going to get security out here again,” Triplett told Click2Houston.com.

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