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| Texas machete-wielding man's intrusion into home thwarted by gun owner |
| 2024-08-24 |
| [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 |
| #3 Would you depend on luck? I wouldn't That's what the 9mm is for. It tilts the odds in favor of the house. The lucky part is the perp left and didn't bleed all over the rug. Getting blood out of a carpet is a bitch, especially if has soaked into the padding. So they tell me, I mean. Plus the forensics guys spray Luminol like it was holy water. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-08-24 17:13 |
| #2 Darryl Stevens is very forgiving soul. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-08-24 15:33 |
| #1 "Luckily, after I did that, he dropped the machete." Would you depend on luck? I wouldn't |
| Posted by: Warthog 2024-08-24 13:42 |