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| I took the gun out. Boom, and I tore his head all out to pieces, says 91 y/o man |
| 2010-09-18 |
| The shooting happened just before midnight Tuesday at a home on Antha near Bertwood in North Houston. Homicide detectives were investigating the case Wednesday. They confiscated several guns in the man's home. The elderly man said he let the victim inside his home before this time he feared for his life. If you sit down with Jack Hands, you'll hear plenty of stories that span over his 91 years. This story, however, is one he never thought he'd tell police. Hands shot and killed a man inside his home Tuesday night. "That's where he fell and I stood right here," Hands said. He placed a white blanket over the 30-year-old man until homicide investigators arrived. "He's a local crackhead. I'll call it like it is," Hands' family friend Cynthia Jackson said. Hands, who has a neighborhood reputation for being generous, helped the man many times by giving him food and money. "He'll take the shirt off his back and give it to you even if you didn't need it," Jackson said. Tuesday night was no different. Hands opened his door to the man yet again. This time, he was asking for $80. "He got money from me and then came back [for more]," Hands explained. When Hands hid not hand over the cash, he said the man picked up a loaded gun in the home and threatened to use it. "You're going to die tonight. You're going to die tonight," Hands recalled the man saying. Hands told police he had another gun stashed under the couch he was sitting on. After a struggle, Hands told police he reacted. "I took the gun out. Boom, and I tore his head all out to pieces," said Hands. Hands considers himself a good shot and he practices at the gun range. "I tell people where my bullets are going to shoot," Hands said. The case has been referred to a Harris County Grand Jury. The victim's identity has not been released. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #4 Obviously Mr. Hands is a racist....oh, wait... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-18 10:44 |
| #3 "I tell people where my bullets are going to shoot," I love my grandfather, but if I didn't have him, I would want this guy to be my grandfather. Quality. |
| Posted by: kojack 2010-09-18 03:33 |
| #2 "Loaded gun". I never get tired of seeing ignorant journalists use that term. They take the scary (to them) word "gun" and make it even more dangerous (to people they know) by putting the word "loaded" next to it. It does say that the crackhead picked up the gun from inside the old man's house though. Might want to keep those put away during visits from crackheads. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-09-18 00:48 |
| #1 The elderly can say some righteous things, at times. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-09-18 00:10 |