TX - 15 Year Old Shoots Intruder

[Kevlar]

Two would-be burglars are in police custody thanks to the quick actions of a 15-year-old.

One suspect is in jail, and the other is at Memorial Hermann Hospital. Kinzy Evans, 17, is still hospitalized. Charges against him are pending. The second suspect, a 16-year-old male juvenile, has been charged with burglary.

Investigators say they aren't sure whether Evans is going to make it. He was shot in both his legs and face by a 15-year-old who detectives say feared for his safety and the safety of his sister.

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The blood on the driveway told a burglary-gone-bad story.

Deputies say the suspects broke into the home through a back window. From upstairs, the 15-year-old -- who was home with his 12-year-old sister -- heard the breaking glass and grabbed his father's automatic rifle. The burglary was soon over.

Family members rushed to the home, but the children's father, Vince Guerra, had beaten them all there. He's a Harris County Pct. 1 deputy constable and was on duty when it happened. No wonder his son knew what to do.

"We don't try to hide things from our children, and we try to give them a perspective about the way things are," Harris County Sheriff's Office Lt. Jeff Stauber said.

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Investigators concluded the shooting was justified.

"As parents, we protect our kids, and as an older brother, he was protecting his sister and himself," Stauber said.

Neighbors say there have been recent burglaries in the neighborhood.

Investigators said that rifle was the personal weapon of the teen's father, the deputy constable. He's been with the constable's office for 11 years and is described as a good officer.

There were some questions about whether he'd be liable for the shooting since his son had easy access to the weapon, but ABC13's legal expert says that the 15-year-old's right to protect his home and sister trumps all child firearm access laws.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7528124.

 

[theGringo]

There were some questions about whether he'd be liable for the shooting since his son had easy access to the weapon, but ABC13's legal expert says that the 15-year-old's right to protect his home and sister trumps all child firearm access laws.

Yeah. Guns should be locked up. Otherwise, somebody could get hurt.

 

[Kicker96FS]

I wish I had an automatic rifle.

Kids got balls, good for him, too frack'n bad for the BG.

 

[atilla]

From upstairs, the 15-year-old -- who was home with his 12-year-old sister -- heard the breaking glass and grabbed his father's automatic rifle. The burglary was soon over.

best. line. ever.

 

[Palladin]

nice

 

[theGringo]

best. line. ever.

I like this one:

"All he said was, 'Anybody seriously hurt?' and he said, 'Oh yeah, definitely,'" neighbor Renee Thompson said.

 

[MassMark]

Visions in my head of the bad guys faces when a kid comes blazing down the stairs sporting an M4...

 

[richc]

In Texas the kid is a hero... in MA he'd be a defendant...

When will this state wake up and see that an armed society is a polite society...

 

[Kid Presentable]

He was shot in both his legs and face

ouch

 

[atilla]

IN THE FAAAAACE!​

 

[Larry Legend]

Literally everything about this story makes me smile.

"Kids are more likely to kill themselves." Or shoot the two badguys in the house.

"Why do you need an automatic weapon for home defense?" Because my teenage kids have trouble changing the magazine.

"Why do you need anything more than a 5 round revolver." In case there are two burglars, and you use up three shots to bring one of them down.

 

[me109g4]

good for the kid, its high time that being a criminal became a dangerous occupation again. Something the state of Mass. politico's needs to wake up and realize.

 

[xtry51]

This is the best story of the year. I wish this was more common!

 

[HooVooLoo]

"Neighbors say there have been recent burglaries in the neighborhood."

Not any mooore.

 

[KBCraig]

There were some questions about whether he'd be liable for the shooting since his son had easy access to the weapon, but ABC13's legal expert says that the 15-year-old's right to protect his home and sister trumps all child firearm access laws.

The law (Penal Code 46.13) only makes it a crime to make a "readily dischargeable firearm" accessible to someone younger than 17. The gun itself, so long as there is no ammunition in it, does not have to be secured.

All my kids know how to load their own.

Oh, and it's also an affirmative defense that the child's access to the firearm "consisted of lawful defense by the child of people or property". That definitely applies here.

 

[Stee]

hopefully the perp got shot in the legs first.........