Yup, many missing details.
Called police? I would think they did. . . and followed the burglar, as they want to get their possessions.
As you pointed out, this is Texas where you have the right to protect yourself and your property, up to and including, deadly force.
Watching the burglar and following him is not unusual and I, personally, see nothing wrong with that.
“If they recognized the man, could they have called the police? Not enough information to go on”
Call the police???????? What a worthless effort. When your need to have their immediate assistance is required, you will find out how worthless a call to them will be.
These Texans have been given the right to pursue a criminal who stole their property or threatened themselves or family. That right extends off the property if they are in “hot pursuit”.
They exercised their RIGHTS and the criminal will not bother anyone else nor cost the taxpayers any more money.
I live in Texas and hold that right with great reverence!
FAIL
Legislative Session: 80(R)
Senate Bill 378
Senate Author: Wentworth et al.
Effective: 9-1-07
House Sponsor: Driver et al.
Senate Bill 378 amends provisions of the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to the use of force or deadly force in defense of a person. The bill creates a presumption of reasonableness for the belief of a person who takes such action that the use of force or deadly force to protect the actor was immediately necessary and provides that the presumption would be reasonable if the actor:
1) knew or had reason to believe that the person against whom the force or deadly force was used unlawfully and with force entered, or attempted to enter, the actor’s home, vehicle, or place of business or employment; unlawfully and with force removed, or attempted to remove, the actor from the home, vehicle, or place of business or employment; or was committing or attempting to commit certain serious crimes;
2) did not provoke the person against whom the force or deadly force was used; and
3) was not otherwise engaged in certain criminal activity at the time the force or deadly force was used.
The bill provides that an actor who has a right to be present at the location where the force or deadly force is used, who has not provoked the person against whom the force is used, and who is not engaged in criminal activity at that time is not required to retreat before using force or deadly force.
Senate Bill 378 also provides immunity from civil liability for a personal injury or death resulting from the use of force or deadly force to a defendant who was justified under the law in using such force or deadly force.
He just needed killin’.
Seems they knew the perp and tried to cover it up. Info still sketchy.
From the San Antonio Express News:
05/18/2009 1:06 CDT
Police investigate Northwest Side shooting death
By Robert Crowe and Michelle Mondo - Express-News Police said a Northwest Side shooting death Sunday night could be justified in self-defense.
Witnesses told police that a 26-year-old man broke into a friend’s home in the 9600 block of Timber Laurel after he was kicked out of a bar for causing a disturbance.
Later in the evening, the owner of the gun confronted the alleged thief in the 5200 block of Northwest Trails.
The men struggled over the weapon before a third man, the gun owner’s brother, shot the suspect about 10:45 p.m., police said. The suspect died at the scene, while the shooter fled.
Police said the shooter likely would not face charges because he was defending his brother.
When detectives first arrived at the scene, the gun owner claimed to have shot the suspect, according to the police report.
A witness told police that the man urged everyone there to “shut up” about his brother’s role because he “would take the rap” for the incident, the document states.
The shooter eventually drove to police headquarters and confessed to shooting the other man in defense of his brother, police said. He has not been charged.