Two Teens Killed In Home Invasion

[HowardW56]

SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Police in Texas said a group of teenagers were trying to break into a home when a resident opened fire and killed two of the youths.

San Marcos Police Chief Howard Williams said the shootings happened shortly before 2 a.m. Friday. He said two 16-year-olds died and a third teenager was seriously wounded. Another teen was unharmed and arrested in the shootings that were about 30 miles south of Austin.

Authorities declined to release the teenagers' identities but said the two killed were from Luling, about 20 miles from San Marcos.

Williams said police responded to a call of a home invasion and shots fired.

Authorities said the three people who were home at the time were not injured.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/20724799/detail.html

[hill billy]

A little chlorine in the gene pool on a Friday morning. Good for the HO.

[soundwave]

Glad to hear the victims are safe and the boneheads were taken care of.

[Shotgun Man]

A little chlorine in the gene pool on a Friday morning. Good for the HO.

Funny. Yeah, these kids held real promise-- like producing more welfare babies and the cost of imprisonment.

[Full Clip]

Well, that saved the taxpayers a lot of money.
Congrats to the homeowners for protecting themselves from common jackals.

[Glock22Fan]

The more this is done, the less it will need to be done.

[POLICESTATE]

Good thing it wasn't here in CA, everyone in the home would have been hauled off for jail while the media bellyaches over the untimely deaths of these poor youths...

Yeah, who probably knew the house they were breaking into was occupied, I wonder what their intentions were?

[Glock22Fan]

Yeah, who probably knew the house they were breaking into was occupied, I wonder what their intentions were?

There's more and more of that. When people are home, their alarms are turned off. The chances of a resident being armed (or otherwise having a loaded gun within reach) are far less than the risk of setting off a silent alarm and getting an armed response. That's why I carry at home.

[coolusername2007]

Gentlemen, I'm not going to revel in the loss of young lives. Surely this is devastating news for their families. I grew up in San Antonio, and know the San Marcos area. And I know the homeowner was well within their rights, but taking lives is always tragic. Further this story is incredibly short on specifis and details. Based on the way the article is written, sure it seems like a good shoot, but we don't know what really happened. All this to say it is my hope home owners who are protecting their families and properties use deadly force as a last resort and not the old adage of shoot first ask questions later.

[Cru Jones]

I don't revel in the loss of young lives either. I revel in the loss of dirtbags who attempted to or forced their way into another person's home with the intent of doing harm or stealing from them.

[Shotgun Man]

Gentlemen, I'm not going to revel in the loss of young lives. Surely this is devastating news for their families. I grew up in San Antonio, and know the San Marcos area. And I know the homeowner was well within their rights, but taking lives is always tragic. Further this story is incredibly short on specifis and details. Based on the way the article is written, sure it seems like a good shoot, but we don't know what really happened. All this to say it is my hope home owners who are protecting their families and properties use deadly force as a last resort and not the old adage of shoot first ask questions later.

Personally, I consider it a good thing when violent criminals are killed at a young age rather than reproducing, becoming incarcerated, etc., and becoming a burden to taxpayers.

[coolusername2007]

I don't revel in the loss of young lives either. I revel in the loss of dirtbags who attempted to or forced their way into another person's home with the intent of doing harm or stealing from them.

I certainly have no problem with that either. Better the bad guys become the victim than the innocent.

[Glock22Fan]

I don't revel in the loss of young lives. I despair at the necessity for these lives to be lost. However, I see no alternative as prison and the legal system generally is no deterrant, and people who do this sort of thing when young are usually a menace to society when older.

Not sure if shooting them dead is a deterrant, but it sure makes certain that they won't offend again. And it might deter others.

[professorhard]

I hate when they leave out details of the weapon used by the victim to defend himself!

[elSquid]

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2009/09/04/san_marcos_police_repor.html

Police Chief Howard Williams said the three residents of the home were awakened by a commotion shortly before 2 a.m. He said one resident opened a bedroom door to find a suspect pointing a weapon at him from the living room. Williams said the resident, who was armed with a pistol, shot three of the suspects, and that a fourth escaped uninjured.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6602869.html

Three of the four male teenagers who tried breaking into the home were armed, one with a handgun and two with pellet guns that looked like handguns, San Marcos Police Chief Howard Williams said.

One of the three men who lived at the home opened fire on the teens, killing two 16-year-olds and wounding another suspect. A 17-year-old suspect fled the scene but was captured and arrested after returning to the scene to check on his friends, police said.

-- Michael