HPD: 74-year-old man shoots carjacker in SW Houston

Houston Chronicle ^ | July 23, 2009 | DALE LEZON

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A 74-year-old man shot and wounded a teenager who attempted to carjack him with a knife early this morning in southwest Houston, police said.

The 18-year-old male suspect was wounded in the abdomen and was caught by police after he tried to run away following the shooting. He was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital in fair condition.

No other injuries were reported.

Police have not released the suspect's name because no charges have been filed against him, but investigators said that he will mostly likely be charged with aggravated robbery.

The shooting happened outside a home in the 10900 block of Corona in southwest Houston about 6:30 a.m., police said.

The victim, August Peters, had just parked his car in front of his wife's home when he noticed another car drive past him and park at the curb across the street.

When the victim got out of his car, he told investigators that the teen came up to him and pressed a knife against his throat.

"He said, 'Give me your car or I'll kill you,'" said Victor Senties, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department.

The victim was able to reach inside his car to get a pistol. He fired two shots at the suspect, Senties said.

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Never threaten an old man, he may just shoot you.

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[Wally_Kalbacken]

Fair Condition? Hmmm, he doesn’t have far to go.

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We've just introduced a keyword on the gun blog for persons 65 and over as senior citizens who shoot in self-defense. Once I'm through writing this article, I'll go back through the blog and tag the other stories with seniors. There's several dozen of them.

[doc1019]

Surprise, surprise! ;-)

[Red in Blue PA]

Buy that man a beer!

[stephenjohnbanker]

Big mistake. 74 year olds don’t have a fear of death like an 18 has.

[anymouse]

“Never bring a knife to a gunfight” either. ;)

[GreenLanternCorps]

Nice shootin’ Tex!

[buccaneer81]

Gran Torino, a great movie. Good on this guy!

[upsdriver]

"He said, 'Give me your car or I'll kill you,'" said Victor Senties, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department.

One bright spot, a criminal in Houston that speaks English.

[chiefqc]

Shame the old guy did not have a 50 cal. handgun, the results would have been more dynamic.

[garyhope]

More people should practice head shots.

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[dusttoyou]

Anytime in Houston is definately “carry” time.
One of those dudes hit on me, they’ll find out that .45 ACP with laser sight don’t miss and you will not be at hospital very long if at all.

[FreedomPoster]

Too young to die, too old to take a beating (knifing).

Good job.

[JohnD9207]

Too bad we can’t pass Obammy healthcare for this little prick...he would be dead in hours.

Good shooting sir!

[pepperhead]

And give him a medal!

[Eagles6]

Interesting that they would not release the suspect's name because he wasn't charged but released the victim's name even though he wasn't charged.

At least they got the roles of the victim and perp correct.

[ME-262]

Too bad the little sh1t is still alive. More crime to come.

[Taxman]

I can promise any and all crooks: If you threaten this old man, I will shoot you!

When asked why he shot his assailant 14 times, the senior citizen replied: “I ran out of bullets!”

[OpeEdMunkey]

I guess the little craphead never heard that one about an armed society being an eminently polite one...maybe this will teach him some manners.

[OpeEdMunkey]

One bright spot, a criminal in Houston that speaks English.

Yeah I thought we had outsourced all of our street crime.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Remember, if the perp lives, it will cost taxpayers about $25-50,000 every year to feed, clothe and give shelter to the worthless sack o’ crap.

When you shoot, think of the taxpayers.

[dcgst4]

Undoubtedly, Zero thinks the guy “acted stupidly”...

[School of Rational Thought]

Wilcrest and Bellaire. I lived not far from there.

[stevie_d_64]

Touche’!!!

[Tenacious 1]

That reminds me. I need (want) to go to the range and put a dent in my newly filled ammo stock.

[Titan Magroyne]

>>> Big mistake. 74 year olds don’t have a fear of death like an 18 has.

The thought of living for that long only to be cheated out of dieing peacefully in my sleep would make me all kinds of mean!

[woollyone]

Another woood-bee perp smack-down!

thanks for the ping Dave

[epow]

Shame the old guy did not have a 50 cal. handgun, the results would have been more dynamic.

I'm an "old guy" myself (72 next month) but my truck gun isn't a big .50, it's just a little old 1911 .Colt .45 loaded with Winchester Silvertips.

I don't know nuttin much about "dynamic results", but if an attacker soaks up a couple of those bright and shiny .45 hollowpoint slugs without going down he'll probably be that guy who flies around Metropolis wearing blue long-johns and a red cape.

[chiefqc]

The size of the hand gun is not that important only that it is large enough to ruin the perps whole day so that he is not an additional burden on the prison system and the tax payers.