Another would-be attacker learned the hard way—you don’t go banging on someone’s front door in the middle of the night making threats, especially in Texas.
Just after midnight on Ingram Road, a man in his 40s reportedly showed up at a home on the northwest side of San Antonio, banging on the door and shouting threats.
According to San Antonio Police, the homeowner had every reason to fear for his life.
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Instead of opening the door to find out what the man wanted, the homeowner did what many would consider smart: he defended himself. Police say the homeowner fired multiple shots through the door, striking the suspect once and sending him to the hospital.
At last check, the suspect was in stable condition—and lucky to be alive, per KEN5 News.
Police are still investigating, and no charges have been filed against the homeowner. It looks like a textbook case of self-defense under Texas law.
The incident serves as a reminder: in a state where millions lawfully exercise their right to armed self-defense, showing up at someone’s home uninvited—and threatening them—is a quick way to end up on the business end of a barrel.
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Should of let the perp finish breaking in, step inside, then finish the job.
This one gets to live and come back for retaliation. Not in my home!!!
You were not there, so you don’t know the circumstances. You don’t know what was said by the perp. Were threats made? Under castle doctrine laws, if the home owner felt threatened and in fear for their life, or the life of their family, they don’t have to wait until the door is kicked down or breached. So you’re wrong about “violated many rules of self defense and safe gun handling”. That’s total horseshit!
Many people, like myself, keep a gun dedicated to stopping a threat trying to breach the doors on their property. I keep a magazine fed semi-auto 12ga shotgun with the first round being a rifled slug, and then every other round a heavy buck-shot loads. If someone tries to break my door down, I can assure you they won’t make it, because that heavy slug will plow through even the heaviest wooden doors like a knife in soft butter.
Now, if you’re one of those unfortunate folks that live in the Republic of Kalifornistan – yes, you HAVE no rights to protect yourself.
It was NOT a smart move by the homeowner to shoot thru the door Larry! No mention was made whether he called the police before he started blasting away. The danger WAS OUTSIDE his house. This happened in Texas so there probably won’t be any charges but this homeowner just opened himself up to lawsuits from the perp and his family. This will probably cost him money. Dumb move. Violated many rules of self defense and safe gun handling.
Under Texas Sate law . Case sounds good to go
This event turned out well, but I would never recommend firing through a door or any partition that you cannot see what’s on the other side. Unless you have a window or other portal to see exactly what and who (a bystander?) is beyond that door. An exception could be if shots are fired at you or someone is actually succeeding in breaking through the door. Be careful. Be Safe. j
how could he be ‘in fear for his life’? The guy was OUTSIDE and the door was closed (and assumed locked). Sounds like the criminal may have good grounds for a lawsuit.
He was banging on the door at midnight and shouting threats. You don’t know what he has on the other side of the door, the criminal has no case.
JP, respectfully, he can bang on the door all he wants until the cops get there! The THREAT is OUTSIDE the door. Being Texas nothing will probably happen to him criminally, but civilly he has opened a big ole’ can of worms that any attorney can easily exploit. I’m all for self defense. But this was not a life threatening situation. Shooting thru the door is dangerous, negligent, irresponsible, and violates most LEGALLY ESTABLISHED rules of self defense and safe gun handling.
Should have called police first. Very risky to shoot through the door.
i would prefer to see what i’m shooting at, better chance of ending the threat