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| Homeowner Pistol Whips Burglar With His Own Gun |
| 2007-01-05 |
| A Red Bird (TX)-area homeowner turned the tables on a gun-toting burglar Wednesday night, taking the weapon away from him and beating him up with it. The suspect, identified by police as 21-year-old Marquis D. Anderson, ended up in a local hospital. "When the police got him, he wasn't able to talk," said Steven Flowers, a neighbor whose home was also burglarized. "He got beat bad. I wish it had been me [who delivered the beating]. I would have done the same thing." Mr. Flowers, who lives on Greenspan Avenue near Interstate 35E and Camp Wisdom Road, arrived home shortly after 6 p.m. to find that his home had been burglarized. The burglar had kicked in a rear door and stolen jewelry and a handgun. "I noticed the lights on in my house," said Mr. Flowers, who has lived there about eight years. "I could see a silhouette, peeking out of the window of my den. I left and called 911." Police records show that the suspect fled that home and broke into a neighboring home in the 7600 block of Woodspan Drive. That homeowner, Prentice McKinney, arrived home to find his front bedroom light on, his front window busted out and a man looking out the window at him, records state. Mr. Flowers said that Mr. McKinney went into the home through the window and confronted the burglar. Police said the suspect fired a shot at Mr. McKinney, but it hit a wall instead. "He said by the time the guy realized he was in the house, he had already pounced on him and beat him up pretty bad," Mr. Flowers said. "He can't remember how he got the gun from him. He said he just had so much adrenaline pumping, he just kind of lost it." The burglar had tried to steal two handguns and jewelry from that home, a report said. When police arrived, they found the unconscious burglar in a pool of blood on the hallway floor. Mr. McKinney had a cut to his right arm and was treated at the scene but told police he would take himself to the hospital to be checked out. Another home on Woodspan Drive also was burglarized, police said. A cellphone taken from that house was recovered at the home on Greenspan Avenue. Mr. Flowers said that his wife had passed away about eight months ago and that the thief had ransacked his home and stolen their wedding bands and a .38-caliber handgun. He said he got all of his things back but still felt disturbed and violated. He said he felt the burglar got what was coming to him. "He'll think twice," Mr. Flowers said. In late November, Mr. Anderson was arrested on suspicion of burglary of a habitation. He was released from the Dallas County jail on $2,500 bail. On Thursday, he remained in a local hospital in police custody. He faces at least one count of burglary of a habitation. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #10 McKinney may need a good lawyer, even in Texas. He admits continuing to beat Anderson, even after he had taken the gun away such that he was no longer a threat, which could easily be called criminal assault, and even more easily called grounds for civil lawsuit. Safer to have just shot and killed the bastard while 'struggling for possession of the gun.' |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-01-05 23:51 |
| #9 "He got beat bad. I wish it had been me [who delivered the beating]. I would have done the same thing." If McKinney really was a good neighbor he'd have called Flowers up and invited him over. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-01-05 21:51 |
| #8 When police arrived, they found the unconscious burglar in a pool of blood on the hallway floor. (snif) Ima wimp for happy endings. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-05 18:05 |
| #7 Oh, to top it off, she knew the guy (attacker). They'd gone to high school together. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-01-05 17:15 |
| #6 Reminds me of the story here in the Atlanta suburbs this morning. Last night, a man broke into a woman's home (who has a 7 year old daughter). Amazingly (according to the radio report this morning), he stabbed her 20+ times, raped her several times, and had grabbed a shotgun and was going to kill her with it, when it jammed. The result? The mother (who was interviewed) said, "I was determined he would NOT do to my daughter what he did to me!" She somehow got the knife away from him, and when he tried to pounce on her again, she held it up and he fell on it. DRT (dead right there)! The ultimate justice and his victim (who, again, had been stabbed over 20 times) lives to tell the story! I love it when justice is served like this. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-01-05 17:14 |
| #5 Marquis? MARQUIS?? MARQUIS?. What Momma would name her son 'Marquis'? Oh, now that I think about it, never mind. |
| Posted by: Brett 2007-01-05 17:13 |
| #4 And this is Texas? Why is this turdball not pushing up daisies? Attempted murder...easy grounds for self defense. I think the release and $2500 was a prior give that it's January now... |
| Posted by: Warthog 2007-01-05 17:12 |
| #3 See? See? The anti-gun people are right! Criminals shouldn't carry guns because a victim will probably just take it away from the criminal and use it on him. Oh, wait.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-05 16:31 |
| #2 Police said the suspect fired a shot at Mr. McKinney He faces at least one count of burglary He was released from the Dallas County jail on $2,500 bail. D o e s n o t c o m p u t e . |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-05 16:25 |
| #1 He faces at least one count of burglary of a habitation. For which he gets three strokes with a damp noodle if he doesn't have a good lawyer. How about assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault, breaking and entering, possession of an unlicensed handgun, possession of a stolen weapon, possession of stolen goods, damage to property... |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-01-05 15:56 |