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| Wounded 11-Year-Old Fights Off Home Invaders |
| 2010-01-16 |
| Three men are being held for a Palmview home invasion where an 11-year-old boy was shot defending his mother. Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputies told Action 4 News that it happened off Minnesota Road and 8 Mile Line between Palmview and Mission around 12:30 a.m. Friday. The homeowner said she and her 11-year-old son were in bed when she heard banging on the front main entrance door. She got up to check and she saw two Hispanic males men masks and armed with handguns walking towards her. She quickly closed the bedroom door but one of the men tried to force it open. The masked man kept telling her to open the door and she would not open the door. The woman told deputies that the home invaders shot through the door and hit her son on the left hip area. Her son had a 22 cal. Rifle and shot back at the alleged robbers. The woman waited, opened the door, saw that the suspects were no longer there and called 911. Deputies found blood all over the floor and that the front door knocked down. Paramedics took the 11-year-old to McAllen Medical Center where he's listed in stable condition. But deputies told Action 4 News that a man with a gunshot wound to his neck ended up at the same hospital. Nice shooting, son! Investigators said nothing was taken from the home and that the wounded suspect has to be taken to a San Antonio hospital for further treatment. He remains under guard. Criminal charges are expected to be filed against him, if he survives. Pray for sepsis ... Deputies said Border Patrol agents detained two Mexican nationals who were found in the area. The two men are being questioned about the home invasion. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials told Action 4 News that they have filed detainers against the two men. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #4 Rambler, Massachusetts would've been the same story as England. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-01-16 20:55 |
| #3 In England, this story would have been much different, of course: 1) The boy wouldn't have had a rifle available. Who knows how the story would have ended then. 2)If he had had a rifle, and used it, he would have been arrested, not the home invader. The mother, too. The home invader probably would have filed charges against them for grievous bodily harm. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-01-16 18:54 |
| #2 My late father-in-law did this as a 12 year old back in the late 1940's - using his trusty 22. Ended up with favorable coverage and a photo on the front page of the next morning's paper. Winged the guy, but always said he was ready to fire again. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-01-16 18:47 |
| #1 Illegals, doing the crimes Americans... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-01-16 18:38 |