Posted on 05/12/2024 6:13:53 AM PDT by marktwain
The fatal shooting of a male at 1415 West Gulf Bank Road about 12:30 a.m. today (May 9) will be referred to a Harris County grand jury.
The identity of the deceased male is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
The male shooter, 53, was not injured in the incident.
HPD Homicide Division Detectives M. Perez and S. Overstreet reported:
HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting at an apartment complex at the above address and were directed to an unresponsive male near a dumpster across the parking lot from one of the apartment buildings. Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced the male deceased from a gunshot wound(s).
Further investigation determined the tenant was inside his apartment when an unknown male opened the closed apartment door and entered without permission. The tenant confronted the male, who did not say anything. When the tenant asked who he was and what he was doing in his apartment, the male walked toward him. The tenant then physically pushed the male out of his apartment.
Once outside the apartment, the male became physically aggressive and tried to re-enter the apartment a second time. The tenant, still inside his apartment, feared for his safety, pulled a pistol from his waistband and shot the male at least once. The male then ran across the parking lot and collapsed in the grass.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office was contacted and it was determined the case would be presented to a Harris County grand jury for review.
That POS DA should not even be presenting the case to a grand jury.
Sounds like the shooter should be exonerated:
See Texas Castle Doctrine:
https://www.lusterlaw.com/page/texas-castle-law-doctrine-self-defense
“That POS DA should not even be presenting the case to a grand jury.”
I think it’s state law to take each of these cases to a grand jury. I also think it was to protect innocent people (against nasty prosecutors). Of course the law is from long ago, when only White men served on grand juries, so it might not work as well now that Baby Boom generation has destroyed the country.
A good example of why you should carry even at home.
Completely agree.
And always, always lock your door.
Good on the tenant. One less likely drugged up dirtbag scum won’t be walking into homes uninvited again.
FYI, it is a low income neighborhood, mainly black and Hispanic with whitey a rare sight.
It is not a state law in Texas that they have to take it to a grand jury.
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