Another feel good story out of Houston
Chief Tango sends us a link to a story from Houston about Alejandro Arrona, a 19-year-old who was about to graduate from high school next week, well until he graduated to armed property crime instead
After a closer look, Sosa recognized a young man wearing light colored clothes as one of his neighbors. The trouble? The house the young man was trying to get inside didn’t belong to him. Sosa called the property owner, who arrived with his own gun.
“There were six, seven gunshots,” Payne said.
Sosa ran across the street to join his neighbor when he arrived to confront Arrona. He said Arrona had a gun and pointed the weapon at the homeowner before shots were fired.
“I really don’t feel bad for him because he had no business being over there,” Sosa said.
Payne and Martinez are grateful their young children were inside, in bed and asleep. Arrona is now charged with aggravated robbery, attempted burglary, and unlawful possession of a firearm.
He was turning his life around, I’m sure, despite the fact that he was already a convicted felon, and therefore ineligible to carry the gun he used for his crime. Unfortunately, none of his wounds were life-threatening, so I guess we’ll be taking care of him for the next several years.
Category: Crime, Feel Good Stories, Guns
Damn! The perp lives. Someone needs some remedial firearms training (and it ain’t the perp!).
What a waste of ammo… That stuff is expensive… Make every shot count !!!
About to graduate from high school and already a convicted felon.
Seems like he already wasted his life
Doesn’t everyone know to not shit in your own backyard.
#4 Dusk,
Most criminals have poor impulse control. When they see it, they just gots’ta have it. NOW. So, yes, they tend to foul their own nest and shit in their own backyards.
Even animals know better.
#2 Thunderstixx
Since the perp (and his family) is still alive, I guess you could possibly sue them in court (civil? or criminal?) to recover the costs of the expended ammo.
Cover your target, center mass and fire calmly and deliberately and if they don’t go down for good, keep firing until they do. Of course now will come the stories from his family of what a great son he was, about to graduate,(to more serious crimes no doubt), loved his family and friends. Same old BS every time. My money says the perp will file suit first. Bet he has already talked to an attorney!
as they taught in my CHL class: every time you pull the trigger you will get sued by SOMEONE. Even if the cops don’t arrest you because they can, the relatives or some money-hungry bottom-feeder attorney will sue. Plan on it, and don’t think any circumstances will exonerate you – a shooting will guaranteed cost you $10-20 grand out of pocket even if you shoot a naked rapist with a bloody knife in his hand and a hard-on attacking your 3 year old daughter.
Unfortunately, even for a felony offense, he’ll only get a few years. We’ll probably read about him again, somewhere down the road.