Another Successful Home Defense by a Single Woman

[noskilz]

Love the quote by the woman neighbor at the end. "Us girls gotta do what we gotta do."

Woman Shoots 2 In Home Invasion
Deputy Constables: Teen Claimed They Were 'Victims'

POSTED: Sunday, June 14, 2009
UPDATED: 6:18 pm CDT June 15, 2009
SPRING, Texas -- A woman opened fire when two robbery suspects broke into her Spring home on Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Harris County Precinct 4 deputy constables said the 34-year-old was alone inside the home in the Timberlane subdivision on Briarcreek Boulevard near Cades Cove Drive at about 6 a.m.

Investigators said the woman opened fire when the attackers burst through her bedroom door.

"She's in her bedroom, locked in her bedroom. And she could hear them rustling through the rooms about the house. She grabbed her weapon and you know, held up inside her bedroom. It wasn't until they forced their way into her bedroom, they kicked the bedroom door in. She fired several shots at the suspects," said Lt. Jeff Stauber with the Harris County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators said Gerson Jonathon Linares and Shalom Mendoza, both 17, were wounded.

Detectives said the teenagers, who live in the neighborhood, ran out of the home and called for help, claiming to be the victims of a shooting.

"Through our investigation, we were able to tie them back to this incident on Briarcreek," Stauber said.

Investigators said the pair has admitted that they were involved in the crime.

The homeowner will not face charges.

"She was in fear of her life and literally held up inside her bedroom, by herself at home. And I could just imagine the fear that this woman was going through and this lady was just protecting herself," Stauber said.

Residents said the attack was too close to home for their comfort, and they're considering arming themselves for protection.

"We've discussed it with all the girls out here in the neighborhood," resident Rhonda Potenza said. "We're going to get gun safety courses … we've got to do what we've got to do."

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[Bw2k2000]

Another law biding citizen taking action. Using vilence as a last resort. Good on her.

 

[CoRoMo]

Residents said the attack was too close to home for their comfort, and they're considering arming themselves for protection.

Collateral improvement. I thought this was one of the better lines in the article.

 

[Stirling XD]

I would hate to be the parents of these two and still be living in this neighborhood.

 

[jakemccoy]

link please

 

[blutarsky]

link please

this looks like it:

http://www.click2houston.com/news/19752634/detail.html

 

[jakemccoy]

It's too bad the criminals are available witnesses.

 

[runrabbitrun]

This is good to hear.
Now if the MSM would cover some of this stuff to fill up
their 24/7 air time with, we may see even more of a decrease in crime.

I mean they do stories about stupid stuff ad nauseum,
so it would be a great thing to see.

Oh wait, it doesn't fit in with most the MSM's agenda does it?

Oh well, glad the lady is safe and the punks got a few holes in them.

 

[Davionmaximus]

Yeah, good for her. One of the more popular crimes here in H-Town has been the home invasion.
As more and more of these stories come out hopefully the BG's will think twice before commiting this sort of crime.

A question to the gun anti crowd is: "What would have happened to this single woman had she not had the ability to defend herself?"

 

[Colorado Luckydog]

I wonder how this story would have ended if she had a knife or a bat to protect herself? It would have probably turned into a rape murder story. Good for her. I hope the little punks don't try and sue her and get a dumb ass liberal judge.

 

[Husaberg Man]

I hope the little punks don't try and sue her and get a dumb ass liberal judge.

No problems for her there. TX law prevents civil suits against those who have justifiable shootings.

 

[ByAnyMeans]

Good for the woman and her neighbors who now have seen the light.


" I hope the little punks don't try and sue her and get a dumb ass liberal judge."

I believe that Texas has a provision in their Castle Doctrine that prevents civil lawsuits if the shooting has been found justifiable.

 

[eqfan592]

"No problems for her there. TX law prevents civil suits against those who have justifiable shootings." Wow, that should be nation wide. Even people who aren't big on the Castle Doctrine should agree that somebody who is found to have been defending themselves should NOT have to face a law suit.

 

[LibShooter]

It's too bad the criminals are available witnesses.

No matter how justifiable the shooting or how stupid the lowlife perps, I'm sure she would rather not have the deaths of two teenage boys on her conscience.

 

[springmom]

Not a neighbor, but in my town. Good for her. What really got me applauding was that the news anchor I saw reported that the neighbor women are going to get together to learn to shoot.

Way to go!

Jan

 

[Five-O]

"No problems for her there. TX law prevents civil suits against those who have justifiable shootings." Wow, that should be nation wide - -

In the people's republic of California the perps would find a Hollywood lawyer and sue the hell out of the lady. Here is the defense at their trial: "My clients were high on drugs and could not think rationally, that's why they accidentally entered the home by mistake. They are victims of a racist society (the perps and their lawyer are of color, the lady is white) plus they were school drop-outs and had to survive selling drugs, thus the school system failed to properly educate them. In addition ladies and gentleman of the jury (7 people of color, 2 people from Asia, 2 Latinos, and one white) my clients had no intention in harming the lady. They simply had to use the bathroom thus breaking down the door because they couldn't find their keys."
Final verdict? Not guilty. In the civil trial, they get $5 million in punitive damages.
Not possible you say? Today is the 15th anniversary of the infamous car chase involving OJ that was eventually found not guilty of killing two people.
Only in California

 

[heron]

No matter how justifiable the shooting or how stupid the lowlife perps, I'm sure she would rather not have the deaths of two teenage boys on her conscience.

Rather not . . . perhaps. She had to have considered that when she was locked in her room with her gun . . . still, she decided to defend herself with lethal force, and acted on that decision.

 

[Jon_Snow]

Five-O, Oddly enough, California has the same protection from civil suits in justifiable shootings that Texas does, so she'd be fine.

 

[Five-O]

Five-O, Oddly enough, California has the same protection from civil suits in justifiable shootings that Texas does, so she'd be fine

"A person in California would generally be justified in using force sufficient to cause death or great bodily injury only when their attacker is already using such force and the defending person "reasonably" believes that he or she is in immanent danger of being killed or severely injured. What legally constitutes such a "reasonable" belief could ultimately be determined by a trial jury and not by the person who acted in self defense."

Note the *last* sentence. Now, sitting a liberal jury in a liberal state where defendants are represented by a liberal lawyer in front of a liberal judge, what do you think? Again, I refer to the OJ trial. *Only in California*
Even if the defendant is found guilty in a *criminal* trial there is still the *civil* trial which imho is simply filed to burden the defendant with legal costs as retribution by the convicted felon.

 

[Avenger29]

No matter how justifiable the shooting or how stupid the lowlife perps, I'm sure she would rather not have the deaths of two teenage boys on her conscience.

They may not be 18 and legally considered adults, but the moment they made the decision to commit a violent crime, they chose to play the big boys game. As a result, they get to experience big boy consequences. They ain't "teenage boys" in my eyes.

Here's hoping the thugs get tried as adults, and if they are stupid enough to return to crime after jail that they get what's coming to them.

 

[danprkr]

No problems for her there. TX law prevents civil suits against those who have justifiable shootings.

When did this happen in TX? Not trying to start a fight, but I seem to remember being told specifically that this was not true in one class I took.

 

[bababooey32]

Texas Civil Immunity

Sec. 83.001. CIVIL IMMUNITY [AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE]. A [It is an affirmative defense to a civil action for damages for personal injury or death that the] defendant who uses force or[, at the time the cause of action arose, was justified in using] deadly force that is justified under Chapter 9 [Section 9.32], Penal Code, is immune from civil liability for personal injury or death that results from the defendant’s [against a person who at the time of the] use of force or deadly force, as applicable [was committing an offense of unlawful entry in the habitation of the defendant].

Texas Castle Doctrine and Civil Immunity

 

[TexasRifleman]

When did this happen in TX? Not trying to start a fight, but I seem to remember being told specifically that this was not true in one class I took.

This became law in 2007.


The take away I got from this was the fact that the criminals tried to claim to be the "victims". This shows again why it is important to be the first to call 9-1-1 in a self defense situation.