Beaumont Enterprise: A Baytown (TX) teenager shot two suspected burglars, killing one of them, after they broke into his grandmother’s home, authorities said.
The 18-year-old told Baytown police he was awakened early Wednesday by noise coming from a back room of the home in the 900 block of Brentwood Drive.
The teenager grabbed a shotgun from under the couch where he was sleeping then moved forward to investigate. He spotted light from an apparent flashlight coming from behind the curtain covering a sliding glass door, Baytown police said.
As the teenager walked toward the kitchen, the back door was suddenly kicked-in. He was immediately confronted by two burglars.
Fearing for his safety, the teen fired several shots at the two men. One of the men, later identified by Baytown police as Charles Allen Dixon III, 40, fell to the floor and died at the scene, authorities said.
The other man, Michael McDanield, 26, ran back outside and fled, Baytown police said. McDaniel called a woman who drove him to San Jacinto Hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds. Also in the pickup truck was Dixon’s wife, Baytown police said.
McDaniel was flown by Life Flight helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical condition. Police said charges were still pending against him for his role in the home invasion burglary.
The teen, who is not facing charges in the shooting, is staying at the home because his grandmother – the owner – is in a nursing home. The burglary was the second such incident at the home this month, Baytown police said.
Score one for the Second Amendment!
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