Bellaire man chases down suspect after neighbor robbed

[RPB]

Reminds me of a news story about 25 years ago where a guy shot a bad guy who had robbed a lady in a parking lot and the good guy pull;ed out something like this for the news crew, and said he practiced a lot with it, (but his scope was huge)

[speedsix]

...back in the no-carry days, a man in Irving witnessed a guy shooting his wife at a mall...he pulled out a scoped revolver about that big and shot him...said he was on the way to the range...I think he walked on that one...

[PBratton]

...back in the no-carry days, a man in Irving witnessed a guy shooting his wife at a mall...he pulled out a scoped revolver about that big and shot him...said he was on the way to the range...I think he walked on that one...

Sounds like a great way to get rid of the guy you hired to take care of the spouse...

Jus' thinking outloud.

[philip964]

Radio news reports said robber was armed. Glad it all worked out with no one hurt and BG arrested.

[speedsix]

...back in the no-carry days, a man in Irving witnessed a guy shooting his wife at a mall...he pulled out a scoped revolver about that big and shot him...said he was on the way to the range...I think he walked on that one...

Sounds like a great way to get rid of the guy you hired to take care of the spouse...

Jus' thinking outloud.

...let me add a bit to that post for clarification...a man (white) witnessed a guy (black) who was shooting his OWN wife (also black) in the mall parking lot...whereupon the white guy grabbed above gun and shot the murderer...is that better??? I sure din't do too good the first try

[PBratton]

...back in the no-carry days, a man in Irving witnessed a guy shooting his wife at a mall...he pulled out a scoped revolver about that big and shot him...said he was on the way to the range...I think he walked on that one...

Sounds like a great way to get rid of the guy you hired to take care of the spouse...

Jus' thinking outloud.

...let me add a bit to that post for clarification...a man (white) witnessed a guy (black) who was shooting his OWN wife (also black) in the mall parking lot...whereupon the white guy grabbed above gun and shot the murderer...is that better??? I sure din't do too good the first try

oooooohhhhhhhhh... So much for my theory.

[alexrex20]

i immediately thought of Stellan Skarsgard when i saw the interview... lol

[texanron]

http://www.khou.com/news/Bellaire-man-w ... 86378.html
A little more information on Mr. Melartin in this update.

[Keith B]

Did anyone else catch an accent suggesting the US was not his country of origin? If this is the case, I wonder if the country he is from would have allowed him to defend his neighbor in such a manner? I'll take immigrants like him everyday of the week.

Sounds Scandinavian to me, as does the name Melartin.

Yep, new article said he was from Finland, speaks 6 languages, has a black belt in karate and prior military training from Finland. That explains why he knows how to handle a gun. They are pretty well trained in special ops if I recall correctly.