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Jason

Man shot dead in home invasion in Fort Bend County

BY KEVIN MORAN
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

Gunfire left one man dead at a home in Fort Bend County early today in what police said appeared to be a home invasion robbery attempt.

The victim, a 32-year-old man who lived at 5900 block of Beaconridge, was found dead inside the door of his home at about 3 a.m., police said.

He and two relatives heard someone knocking on their door and asking if a person was there, police said. The person knocking at the door came out of a dark green Ford Taurus or Grand AM that was parked in the driveway.

One of the three thought it was suspicious that someone would come to door at that hour in the morning so the man got a pistol and opened the door, police said.

"The man said they were looking for someone," said Houston Homicide Sgt. Louis Flores. " The resident said no one by that name lived there."

"Then he (the man with the pistol) saw another man get out of the back driver-side seat of the car in the driveway," Flores said."The resident said the man was running at him with a pistol."

The two fired at each other as the three residents in the house slammed the door, Flores said. The residents turned and ran out the back of the house, Flores said.

It turned that only two of the three escaped from the house as the door was broken open, Flores said.

"The two came back around the house and saw that the car was gone and then they saw their cousin lying on the floor inside the door, " Flores said."The motive appears to be robbery. They did force their way in once the door was open."

Flores said it had not been determined how many times the man was shot and declined to say if the dead man was the resident firing at the intruders.

Police had only vague descriptions of the intruders, but they were described as black males, Flores said.

The man who knocked on the door was about 6 feet tall and weighted about 200 pounds and was wear a black short-sleeved pullover shirt, the residents told police.

Neighbors in the cul-de-sac stood outside yellow police crime scene tape. The neighbors seemed upset and angry over the incident and declined comment.

Flores did not say if any other people lived in the house, but understood that the three who lived there were all residents.

So on top of it being incredibly vague, meandering, and incomplete, there's also horrible spelling and grammatical errors in this article.

My favorite was this, though:

Flores did not say if any other people lived in the house, but understood that the three who lived there were all residents.

So the people who lived there... lived there? Thanks for the tidbit, Kevin. Crack reporting from the Houston Chronicle at its best.

NcongruNt wrote:So on top of it being incredibly vague, meandering, and incomplete, there's also horrible spelling and grammatical errors in this article.

My favorite was this, though:

Flores did not say if any other people lived in the house, but understood that the three who lived there were all residents.

So the people who lived there... lived there? Thanks for the tidbit, Kevin. Crack reporting from the Houston Chronicle at its best.

Thats the Houston Comical for you...And you are so right in your assessment there...

And nobody said my speeling and grammar are any better...I might get a job there someday...

I dangle more participles than Cecil D. Demille...

that sucks

reinforces the "don't open the door for anyone you don't know" policy

"but Ah gaht mah guuuuuuhn!!!!"


agreed.
thou shall not open thine door to a stranger, lest ye be shot down.

pbandjelly wrote:
thou shall not open thine door to a stranger, lest ye be shot down.

Is that a blanket rule, never open your door for anyone you don't know?

TX Rancher wrote:

pbandjelly wrote:
thou shall not open thine door to a stranger, lest ye be shot down.

Is that a blanket rule, never open your door for anyone you don't know?

This day and age, pretty much so, at least in the city.

I say again, 12 ga. shorty.

RPBrown wrote:

TX Rancher wrote:

pbandjelly wrote:
thou shall not open thine door to a stranger, lest ye be shot down.

Is that a blanket rule, never open your door for anyone you don't know?

This day and age, pretty much so, at least in the city.

yep

sad as it is

I had a sign on the door (until my wife said "take that down!") that read:

Absolutely, positively no solicitation of any kind, for any reason, whatsoever, period, end of discussion. If I didn't invite you hear, please respect my privacy and go away NOW"

I am one of the nicest guys on the planet.. but my families security comes first