On the evening of September 9 at about 10:40 pm, gunshots were heard near downtown Houston in the vicinity of Channelview, Texas.
A press release issued by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office reported that an investigation revealed that the shots were fired by a 17-year-old resident of Channelview, after three armed men wearing masks entered his house. The house was occupied by a woman and her three children, one of whom was responsible for the shooting.
Harris County Sheriff, Ed Gonzalez said in a news release that a shotgun was used and it belonged to the family. Two of the three men who tried to rob the house were found lying wounded on the house’s lawn. EMS personnel pronounced the two perpetrators dead on the spot.
Investigators said that the two dead men were accompanied by a third man. The teenage boy had fired several times at the three men, but the third accomplice managed to escape in a dark sedan.
The family has denied having any acquaintance with the intruders.
The Sheriff said he believes that the boy was justified in defending his family and shooting at the house robbers. The case is being presented to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Officers are working around the clock to uncover more information as to who the suspects are and whether there was any underlying relationship between the men and the family.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office will present the case to a grand jury to determine whether charges should be brought against the 17-year-old boy.
