Elderly man shoots, kills burglar in Colton home(CA)

mercurynews.com ^ | 26 June, 2010 | AP

[marktwain]

COLTON, Calif.—A 79-year-old man has shot and killed a burglar climbing into his Southern California home.

Colton police Detective Jack Morenberg said Saturday that Richard Contreras shot and killed 37-year-old Fidel Escanuelas (ess-kuh-NWAY'-luss) Thursday.

A police news release says Contreras saw a car back into the driveway of his Colton home, heard a noise in a bedroom, found Escanuelas climbing through a window and shot him once in the shoulder with a handgun. Escanuelas died at the scene.

Police say two other men, 24-year-old Trinidad Amador and 25-year-old Albaro Amaya, fled on foot. Amador was quickly caught and arrested on suspicion of burglary and conspiracy, and Amaya was arrested Friday.

Morenberg says he doesn't anticipate that Contreras will face any charges, but the San Bernardino County District Attorney's office will decide.

[marktwain]

Three invaders, one home defender with a handgun.

[A. Morgan]

Here is a link that works:

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15384915

[Bearshouse]

the San Bernardino County District Attorney's office will decide.

What's to decide?

[AAABEST]

... Contreras saw a car back into the driveway of his Colton home, heard a noise in a bedroom, found Escanuelas climbing through a window and shot him once in the shoulder with a handgun. Escanuelas died at the scene.

[behzinlea]

What's to decide??

Is is ordinary murder or a hate crime?

/sarc

[barbarianbabs]

Ahahahahahahaaaaaaaa

[VU4G10]

Fidel Escanuelas

Trinidad Amador

Albaro Amaya


Those swedes...

[Hans]

Time for our southern neighbors to offer new instruction manuals for their criminals who plan trips north.
1) Be careful of armed homeowners!!

[laker_dad]

So nice of them to provide a phone-et-tic spelling of his last name for us white folks...

[Still Thinking]

I know. It’s like they think I don’t know how to pronounce Chai-Chai Rodrigweeeeze or Chai-hoooa-hoooa

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Shouldn’t Amador and Amaya be charged with homicide?

[lowbridge]

Those swedes...

Dont you know the difference between Swedes and Norweigans?

[Gritty]

Illegal aliens?

Nah. No way. The paper would have printed it if they were. /s/

[Still Thinking]

Dont you know the difference between Swedes and Norweigans?

"Ten thousand Swedes, chased through the weeds, pursued by a single Norwegian"?

(runs, ducks)

[thethirddegree]

The cleansing of the gene pool continues.

[Vendome]

The burglar put his shoulder into a venture, to no avail.

It was a dead end endeavor.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Likely the shot hit his axillary artery. Very deadly. As an aside, in the movie Troy, Brad Pitt as Achilles killed with a collar poke to that artery. Jumping up and stabbing with a downward motion.

[ncalburt]

There POOR Victums.

I guess their just doing the home invasions Americans won’t do anymore !

Isn’t diversity grand !

[pennboricua]

Can’t you tell German names when you see them?

[smokingfrog]

Good to know.