Houston homeowner targetted in drive by returns fire, kills two attackers, seriously wounds the third (from May)
Over 40 shots fired by both sides.
Bad guys didn't even get a block away before crashing.
Two of three attackers dead, one on scene, the other at hospital, with the third currently in surgery. Police are saying it looks like legitimate self-defense.
HOUSTON – Two men are dead after a drive-by shooting in North Houston early Saturday morning, but it was those shooting from inside the car who were killed.
HPD said around 2:40 a.m., a homeowner was in the front yard of his home located at the 400 block of Glenburnie Drive when a maroon Nissan Altima with three men drove by and began shooting. That’s when the homeowner started shooting back at the vehicle, causing it to crash down the street.
Police say the men got out of the car and continued to exchange gunfire with the man. Two of the men in the Altima were killed in the shooting, while another was taken to Ben Taub Hospital and is in stable condition.
The homeowner was not hurt in the incident.
The scene is still under investigation.
If legit self-defense, I say buy the guy beer.
ETA: I looked for more on this.
Apparently, the deceased and the homeowner had some sort of beef. The bad guys tried to set fire to the house the day before.
There is other information suggesting the homeowner used a handgun, but it is inconclusive.
It happened at 400 Glenburnie Dr. Houston, TX 77022. Google Maps shows it is middle class suburbia.
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September 06, 2017, 12:24 PM
sigfreund
Well, anyone has a right to defend himself against an assault, but I nevertheless can’t help but wonder why the victim happened to be standing outside with a rifle in the wee hours of the morning and why he was targeted for a drive-by. Odd to say the least.
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September 06, 2017, 12:27 PM
Shaql
Who the hell is outside on their lawn, before dawn, holding an AR-15?
Something was supposed to go down...
Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed.
September 06, 2017, 12:39 PM
12131
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Glenburnie Drive
Just one look at the address kinda tells you the area is not a very great place.
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September 06, 2017, 12:40 PM
Sig209
would love to know 'the rest of the story'.
his across the street neighbor is probably :
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September 06, 2017, 12:46 PM
sigfreund
About the 0:49 mark in the above video is an evidence marker (#2) and a cartridge case on the ground. The casing doesn’t look like something that comes from any handgun I’m familiar with except one based on an AR or similar platform.
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September 06, 2017, 12:52 PM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund: About the 0:49 mark in the above video is an evidence marker (#2) and a cartridge case on the ground. The casing doesn’t look like something that comes from any handgun I’m familiar with except one based on an AR or similar platform.
Looks like handgun casing to me.
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September 06, 2017, 12:57 PM
HRK
It does looks like a handgun case perhaps 10MM is why he took them out so easily...
September 06, 2017, 12:59 PM
Patrick-SP2022
A cropped image of the round.
Looks like a handgun to me too.
September 06, 2017, 12:59 PM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by HRK: It does looks like a handgun case perhaps 10MM is why he took them out so easily...
Maybe he was shooting the HK MP10.
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September 06, 2017, 01:01 PM
nighthawk
People have been pulling furniture, clothing,valuables, that are still good on their front lawns to pull put carpet and drywall etc. Criminals have been coming by at night stealing what ever they can. So people have been guarding their possessions at night so they don't get stolen, all the scum is out to get what ever they can, some neighborhoods have started their own guards on street entrances.
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September 06, 2017, 01:02 PM
JALLEN
More than 40 rounds fired by the 3 Caballeros, probably all from handguns.
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September 06, 2017, 01:16 PM
Floyd D. Barber
Story is from May, 6th.
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September 06, 2017, 01:22 PM
jhe888
The homeowner had an AR-15. He was, apparently, expecting trouble from the attackers and was prepared for a confrontation, but I never heard any explanation of the nature of the relationship or the source of the trouble. He shot them up very effectively. He wasn't arrested to my memory.
That is a lower-income working neighborhood. Not a truly bad part of town, but not the best.
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September 06, 2017, 01:29 PM
synthplayer
quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund: Well, anyone has a right to defend himself against an assault, but I nevertheless can’t help but wonder why the victim happened to be standing outside with a rifle in the wee hours of the morning and why he was targeted for a drive-by. Odd to say the least.
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The bad guys tried to set fire to the house the day before.
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September 06, 2017, 01:36 PM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by synthplayer:
quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund: Well, anyone has a right to defend himself against an assault, but I nevertheless can’t help but wonder why the victim happened to be standing outside with a rifle in the wee hours of the morning and why he was targeted for a drive-by. Odd to say the least.
quote:
The bad guys tried to set fire to the house the day before.
The extra info was not available originally.
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September 06, 2017, 01:59 PM
darthfuster
Who hunted whom?
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
September 06, 2017, 02:06 PM
Aeteocles
Hunting over bait.
September 06, 2017, 02:08 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by Shaql: Who the hell is outside on their lawn, before dawn, holding an AR-15?
Something was supposed to go down...
You aren't?
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Originally posted by HRK: It does looks like a handgun case perhaps 10MM is why he took them out so easily...
If it was a 10mm, the channel cut into the ground by its passing would have prevented the flooding.
Nice is overrated
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September 06, 2017, 02:23 PM
sigfreund
quote:
Originally posted by Patrick-SP2022:
A cropped image of the round.
Looks like a handgun to me too.
Thanks. I originally interpreted the extractor groove as the shoulder and neck. I agree that it is evidently handgun round case.
