Don’t pick a fight with an old man.
He will just kill you.
If this had been in Austin, the old guy would likely have charges...but this was in Conroe...and I’m thinking he is pretty safe. Although some relative could put up civil court proceedings claiming unnecessary actions. What they don’t say is how many shots were fired....and I’m thinking if it was just one...the old guy was a pretty good shot.
Conroe Police say altercation arose when man tried to takr children.
The link would not post. See the above story on the front page under the above title under Top Stories.
Boudreaux and his wife (Berwick’s granddaughter) were in the process of getting a divorce, Berry said. The preliminary investigation indicated the younger man went to the elderly man’s residence where he attempted to take his two small children, a female toddler and a slightly older male, he said. The children and their mother have lived there for approximately five months and she and Boudreaux were in the process of divorcing, Berry said.
Berry said there were prior calls for service at the residence, but did not elaborate on the nature of the calls.
Houston Ping!
I didn't find the story at the link, but you know the back story is a battle over custody and visitation.
Isn’t divorce grand? /s
Paw-Paw with a pacemaker pulls a peacemaker; grandkids are AOK ... film at 10PM.
How do we know that the father didn’t have a legal right to be with his children? I’ll wait on this one.
“Jesse Berwick, the owner of the home, allegedly would not allow Boudreaux to take his children. He ordered Boudreaux to leave his residence. Boudreaux reportedly refused to leave and pushed Berwick out of his way.
Police were told that 80-year-old Berwick then got his gun from another room. When Boudreaux reportedly still refused to leave, a shoving match ensued on the homeowner’s driveway.
It was during this time that Boudreaux apparently struck Berwick in the chest where his pacemaker had recently been placed.
Berwick told police that he felt his life was threatened, and he reportedly fired the weapon, striking Boudreaux in the torso area.”
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Sounds like Brice was a fool. A dead fool now. If he had a legal right for visitation and the family was refusing - he should have had the sheriff’s office send a deputy with him instead of trying to play big shot with an old man who acted in self defense.
www.myspace.com/bricehuntsdeer
From another source in Conroe:
Two dead in Conroe shootings
By Elliott Cochran
Updated: 12.20.08
Separate shooting incidents in Conroe less than six hours apart left two men dead and two others facing capital murder charges as a result of one of the shootings.
A domestic disturbance ended in death around 7:30 p.m. Friday at 28 Silver Creek Drive after an argument and physical altercation between a grandfather and his granddaughter’s estranged husband ultimately resulted in the shooting of Brice Wade Boudreaux, 32, according to Conroe police officials.
The second shooting occurred around 1:15 a.m. Saturday when a friendly conversation concerning the sale of an automobile allegedly segued into a robbery and the fatal shooting of an unarmed passenger in a moving vehicle, police said.
Luis Enrique Rivera, 29, and Luis Antonio Menendez, 19, were later taken into custody without incident and have been charged with capital murder.
The shooting of Boudreaux was reportedly triggered when he visited the home of Jessee Berwick, 80, where the victim’s wife and two children lived for the past five months. According to a Conroe Police press release, Boudreaux was at the residence to take custody of his two children.
According to the police report, Berwick ordered Boudreaux to leave his residence and Boudreaux responded by twice pushing Berwick. Berwick reportedly retrieved a revolver from another room in the home.
The police report stated that Berwick and Boudreaux exited the residence and Berwick again instructed Boudreaux to leave. Boudreaux then struck Berwick a third time, reportedly where Berwick had recently had a pacemaker for his heart placed.
Berwick then allegedly shot Boudreaux in the torso.
A neighbor who wished to remain anonymous said Boudreaux and his wife were in the midst of a divorce which had escalated into a “hostile process.” The neighbor said Berwick was generally “mild-mannered,” but there was a great deal of animosity between him and Boudreaux.
Montgomery County Justice of the Peace Pct. 2 Trey Spikes pronounced Boudreaux dead at the scene and ordered an autopsy.
An investigation by the Conroe Police Department is ongoing and no arrests had been made as of Saturday afternoon.
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http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2008/12/21/conroe_courier/news/murders1221.txt
If anyone comes on my property uninvited, and strikes me anywhere, they are dead. I don’t care if they came after the daughter’s children,or to go birdwatching. I am a lifelong resident of central Texas, and most folks here take thier security on thier own private property very seriously. Those that go on another’s property are expected to respect that person after they are there. In a child custody case such as this was, the father should have got the sheriff dept. to go with him if he was rightfully going after his children. If he was wrongfully attempting to take those kids, he got what he had coming,IMHO
I know I’ll probably get burned for saying this, but did anyone notice that a man, in the process of a divorce, was killed for trying to see or take HIS OWN KIDS?
Is it to late to nominate a Darwin candidate for 2008???
Once upon a time in Texas, taxpayers were spared much time and expense by the answer to a simple question: “Did the S.O.B. need killing?”
Unless there was a restining order in place - or a court order related to custody - if a parent shows up to pick up his children that parent has the *absolute right* to get those kids.
You can not stand between a parent that has rights to their child and their children.