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Would-be victims in two separate crimes fight back, shoot suspects
Police say they’re seeing spike in cases like this
SAN ANTONIO – Would-be victims of two separate crimes Thursday morning reacted in a way that one San Antonio police sergeant said he has been seeing more often lately.
In both cases, police say those victims used a gun to stop a crime, shooting and wounding the suspects.
“It does seem there is a spike in these types of activities,” said Sgt. Andrew Valle, as he investigated the second shooting of the morning.
In that case, Valle said a man who lives in an apartment in the 8700 block of Marbach told officers he used a gun to stop an intruder.
The man said the stranger tried to force his way into his home after 7:30 a.m.
“And he told that person, ‘What are you doing? You don’t live here.’ That person said, ‘No, I do,” Valle said, explaining the scenario.
Valle said the man who was shot was taken to a hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound in his stomach.
The shooting happened just a few hours after a homeowner in the 400 block of General Kruger shot two men who he said were stealing from him.
According to police, the homeowner noticed the two suspects on his surveillance cameras after 5 a.m. and then confronted them.
He told officers this was the second time the suspects had come to his home to steal roofing materials in his driveway.
A police report later said the two suspects, 32- and 34-years-old, were arrested on theft charges.
It also said investigators had determined the homeowner was justified in shooting them and would not face charges.
Both cases are just the latest incidents in which people used this type of force to avoid being victims of crime.
KSAT 12 News has also reported on several recent car burglaries recently in which the car owners shot suspects.
Valle said although he has noticed an apparent increase in these cases, he can’t isolate any one cause.
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I’d postulate folks are tired of their property being stolen as a leading cause of these incidents. Thanks, Gun Bunny.
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“And he told that person, ‘What are you doing? You don’t live here.’ That person said, ‘No, I do,’ Valle said, explaining the scenario.”
Possibly confused, but most likely on hard drugs. in Liberal bastions, the homeowner would have been expected to welcome the intruder in, offer him a beer or cup of coffee, and let him pick put a movie to watch before ordering his choice of delivery for dinner.
“He told officers this was the second time the suspects had come to his home to steal roofing materials in his driveway.”
No way drugs were involved with this… Just a couple of hard-working roofers who saw some unused materials and decided to save their client a little money.
In my experience, meth addicts are easy to scare off by simply mentioning the police being nearby or a call away. I’d play mind games, telling my brother about weird phone calls on my personal cell from someone claiming to be a drug task force investigator. It was funny, I told him I stopped answering my cell (which I did and still do), but he could reach me on the government iPhone if needed (he never called that phone for some odd reason). More often, I’d watch as he and his “friends” circle threatened to get police involved when one or the other inevitably stole something. Like the raccoons they adore so much, they’d scurry off with their outstanding warrants and Schedule 1 and 2 drugs.
From listening to certain incarcerated individuals talking when they thought I wasn’t listening, even the copper-jacket pills don’t wake them up. They are just determined to “get mine when I get out”
Another reason to carry at all times in all places.
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