Posted on 04/04/2012 7:04:21 AM PDT by marktwain
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A suspected burglar is under arrest after getting shot while trying to break into a house in Shelby County. It happened around 3:30 am Thursday.
Police say the man, who police have identified as Reginald A. Daniels, 19, from the Fountaintown area in Shelby County, tried to break in the front door of a house on Sycamore Road in the Prairie View neighborhood.
Investigators say he broke through a side panel and was reaching in trying turn the knob from the inside when the homeowner fired a single shot, hitting the suspect in the hip.
"The homeowner gave him every opportunity to go away. In fact, he wished he would have. He wouldn't and the homeowner, by his credit, he waited until the last possible moment to protect his family and that's what he had to do," said Det. Dan Crafton, Shelby County Sheriff's Department.
There was about a five-minute delay in the police response to the shooting since, detectives say, the initial 911 call was received by Marion County Dispatch and had to be routed to Shelby County. The neighborhood is very close to the Marion-Shelby County line.
Detectives say the homeowner will not be charged. It's unclear what charges the suspect will face.
Police believe he intended to get into a different house but was confused. Authorities haven't released the name of the suspect, who is being treated at Wishard Hospital for the gunshot wound. Detectives plan to interview him at the hospital.
Burglar: “I just came to the wrong house, officer”
Policeman: “No problem, young man. We’ll just take you to the right house, we’ve got plenty of space. You’ll fit right in!”
Interesting. He is claiming that he thought he as breaking in to his OWN house. Even though there was a guy he did not know already inside the dwelling, pointing a gun at him and repeatedly yelling: “Go away! Don’t come in my house! I don’t want to have to shoot you!” (or words to the effect)?
He must have been really drunk AND monumentally stupid if that developing situation did not give him pause.
Well played!
Maybe they are practitioners of the ‘school’ of journalism known as “Stream of Unconsciousness”.
FIVE minutes??? What, it takes about 10 seconds to re-route the call.
WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY.
You should have seen it before the editor performed his magic.
Wrong house, are you sure this wasn’t a hooded, dressed in black, SWAT team trying to enter? These guys get the address wrong a lot of times. Was the family dog shot?
WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY”””
I lived in rural N California for 12 + years. In the best of circumstances, it would have taken at least 10-15 minutes for a Sheriff’s deputy to get there.
Where I am now in ruralN Nevada, I would be happy if they got here in 10 minutes. Layoffs have our sheriff’s department thinned down dramatically.
WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY”””
I lived in rural N California for 12 + years. In the best of circumstances, it would have taken at least 10-15 minutes for a Sheriff’s deputy to get there.
Where I am now in ruralN Nevada, I would be happy if they got here in 10 minutes. Layoffs have our sheriff’s department thinned down dramatically.
WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY”””
I lived in rural N California for 12 + years. In the best of circumstances, it would have taken at least 10-15 minutes for a Sheriff’s deputy to get there.
Where I am now in ruralN Nevada, I would be happy if they got here in 10 minutes. Layoffs have our sheriff’s department thinned down dramatically.
Today’s journalist:
1. Intoxicated
2. Incompetent
3. Leftist
Perhaps they are leaving out that the perp meant to break into a house where an elderly person lived who would be an easy victim or some woman he intended to assault. There is something fishy about this.
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