(TX) Shotgun blast stops robber's truck 10-18-03
Date: Oct 21, 2003 10:29 PM
Subject: (TX) Shotgun blast stops robber's truck 10-18-03
Shotgun blast stops robber's truck
A would-be burglar who tried to strike the same home twice in as many
days received a rude welcome Friday from a far West Side homeowner.
Police said the homeowner, who lives in the 3500 block of Sunnydell
Drive, had his house broken into Thursday and suspected the robber might
strike again Friday. So he stayed home from work.
When an unidentified man tried to open the side door of the home just
after noon Friday, the homeowner surprised the intruder and held him at
bay with a shotgun, police said.
The owner, however, was distracted as he waited for police, and the man
jumped back in his vehicle and drove away, police said.
As the man was fleeing, the homeowner fired one shot at the vehicle, an
older model GMC truck, and apparently hit its radiator, police said.
After making it to Loop 410 and Texas 151, the vehicle broke down, and
witnesses told police the man ran toward a nearby shopping center.
Police searched the area Friday afternoon with a helicopter and police
dogs, but no arrest was reported.
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1071175
(2nd Brief)
Date: Oct 21, 2003 10:29 PM
Subject: (TX) Shotgun blast stops robber's truck 10-18-03
Shotgun blast stops robber's truck
A would-be burglar who tried to strike the same home twice in as many
days received a rude welcome Friday from a far West Side homeowner.
Police said the homeowner, who lives in the 3500 block of Sunnydell
Drive, had his house broken into Thursday and suspected the robber might
strike again Friday. So he stayed home from work.
When an unidentified man tried to open the side door of the home just
after noon Friday, the homeowner surprised the intruder and held him at
bay with a shotgun, police said.
The owner, however, was distracted as he waited for police, and the man
jumped back in his vehicle and drove away, police said.
As the man was fleeing, the homeowner fired one shot at the vehicle, an
older model GMC truck, and apparently hit its radiator, police said.
After making it to Loop 410 and Texas 151, the vehicle broke down, and
witnesses told police the man ran toward a nearby shopping center.
Police searched the area Friday afternoon with a helicopter and police
dogs, but no arrest was reported.
http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1071175
(2nd Brief)