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TX:Suspected burglar shot in Hale Center
myplainview.com ^ | 10 June, 2013 | HOMER MARQUEZ

Posted on 06/12/2013 10:17:36 AM PDT by marktwain

HALE CENTER — The victim is also being considered a suspect after the 51-year-old Hale Center man was reportedly being shot in the back late Sunday night.

According to Hale Center police, the shooting victim is hospitalized in critical condition.

Multiple 911 calls flooded Hale Center police just before midnight Sunday after gun shots were heard in the area of Avenue E and Second Street in Hale Center.

A trail of blood led police to the shooting victim, who had collapsed in a residential yard.

In what initially appeared to be a classic case of an individual being shot by an unknown gunman unfolded into a very different scenario Monday morning.

According to Hale Center Police Chief Dennis Burton, further investigation revealed that the 51-year-old is being considered a possible suspect in a weekend business burglary.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist; defense; guncontrol; home; secondamendment; tx
More burglaries prevented.
1 posted on 06/12/2013 10:17:36 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain
After dark, in Texas, so it's probably a good shoot.

/johnny

2 posted on 06/12/2013 10:23:31 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Shot in the hale center, eh?
That’s gotta hurt!


3 posted on 06/12/2013 10:26:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Beats getting shot in the fracas.

/johnny

4 posted on 06/12/2013 10:29:18 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: marktwain

elementary school gym burns down yesterday, someone gets shot today...that’s more action than hale center PD has had in 50 years


5 posted on 06/12/2013 10:31:01 AM PDT by thestob (Marco Rubio is a liar, and he thinks that you're a fool)
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To: JRandomFreeper

An old auntie of mine was struck by gunfire and has a bullet in her yet. That probably smarts.


6 posted on 06/12/2013 10:32:25 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

How about the owner who was staked out in his own business?


7 posted on 06/12/2013 10:53:21 AM PDT by Rannug ("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
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To: headsonpikes

and has a bullet in her yet...My condolences. Where’s her yet?


8 posted on 06/12/2013 10:55:50 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Safetgiver

I would never ask an old lady something so personal!


9 posted on 06/12/2013 11:40:28 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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