Friday FGS

Neighbor uses shotgun to stop Christmas Eve burglar

Patrick Hayes

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A man who was allegedly trying to break into cars in a northeast Albuquerque neighborhood was caught red-handed by a resident.

Dwight Rivera said he woke to the sound of screaming early Tuesday morning and found his neighbor had pulled a shotgun on a man attempting to break into his car.

“This morning early at three o’clock my RING went off and I saw a man with shotgun and yelling at somebody and I thought it was just a fight but it was somebody breaking into the car and he caught him red-handed,” Rivera said.

Rivera said he could hear his neighbor yelling commands at the alleged burglar over his security system.

“‘Stay down or I’ll blow your head off. Don’t move!’ And he was complaining that ‘Oh my back is hurting me, I have to get up,’ and he said if you move ‘I swear I’ll shoot you’ and you hear this on the RING,” he said.

Police eventually responded and arrested Dakota Estrada. This was the fourth time since September that Estrada has been arrested for breaking into cars.

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1 suspect dead, 1 hurt after attempting to rob fireworks stand, deputies say

By Courtney Fischer

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Two suspects were shot after they attempted to rob a fireworks stand on Christmas Eve in west Harris County, officials say.

It happened at a stand located at 4820 Highway 6 at around 8:30 p.m.

According to a tweet posted by Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, three to four men tried to rob the stand when two of them were shot by an employee.

“He’s supposed to be stumbling behind the strip center. Possibly 2 shot. One for sure is probably going to be confirmed,” dispatchers told paramedics at the scene.

Gonzalez says the employee ‘disarmed one of the males’ and shot at the suspects.

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Mailbox theft victim shoots suspect multiple times

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — A suspected mailbox thief is still hospitalized after one of his alleged victims shot him several times.

According to Terre Haute police, the suspect was driving around town Christmas morning stealing mail when he was confronted on Blackfriars Court by one of the alleged victims.

During the encounter, the suspect hit the person with his car. The person then shot the suspect in the torso multiple times.

The suspected thief was transported to a nearby hospital where he was still be treated as of 11:30 a.m. Thursday.

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“The Grinch Who Got Shot On Christmas. A Lot.” A heart-warming Christmas story, Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes. One wonders what the New Year will bring.

“There’s no legitimate use for a gun like this.” –Chicago Police Superintendent Philip Cline, brandishing a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at a news conference (Chicago Tribune, “Special unit hauling in guns, drugs” by Glenn Jeffers, January 29, 2004)

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