Spring: Burglar tries the wrong house

[seamusTX]

In Spring today, an alleged burglar was trying to climb fences around 12:30 p.m.

According to this story, he was trying to enter or had already broken into a house occupied by a 26-year-old female police officer. A physical scuffle ensued, during which the suspect was fatally shot.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 89116.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The story has different accounts given by a police spokesman and a union official.

- Jim

[speedsix]

...I'd say she gets an A+ in Scuffling...

[seamusTX]

The deceased suspect in this case was identified. He was a 47-year-old with a criminal history and a fugitive from charges in another state.

One of his relatives made a sad statement:

the family is saddened, but not surprised by the death of [the suspect], who she says would've celebrated his 48th birthday (Aug. 9) the day after he was shot.

"I have not seen my (half-)brother in 20 years, but I know he was not a good person,..."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 95370.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim