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Texas machete-wielding man's intrusion into home thwarted by gun owner
[FoxNews] Darryl Stevens' home surveillance camera captured the moment a machete-wielding intruder approached the family's Liberty Hill home just north of Austin."At that moment, I obviously freaked out. I have two young children here in the house and just went into complete fight or flight mode," Stevens told FOX 7. "I started running through the house. I locked every door as fast as possible, ran upstairs. Luckily, I had a firearm here, so I grabbed my 9mm, unlocked it, ran down as fast as possible," Stevens said. The suspect, later identified as 43-year-old Jerry Escamilla, managed to climb a fence and get to the upper deck of the family's home. He was greeted by Stevens' handgun when he arrived. "Told him he's got to leave, or he's going to lose his life, you know?" he said. "Luckily, after I did that, he dropped the machete." Stevens' wife called 911 and local police arrested Escamilla. The 43-year-old was charged with criminal trespassing and failure to identify and is being held on a $10,000 bond. Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-24 |
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