(TX) Elderly homeowner kills intruder 12-21-04

(TX) Elderly homeowner kills intruder 12-21-04


HoustonChronicle.com - Homeowner shoots, kills intruder in Aldine

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Dec. 21, 2004, 12:21PM
By PEGGY O'HARE

A 79-year-old homeowner shot and killed a man who broke into his Aldine
area home early today, Houston police said.

The intruder, Robert Hinojosa, 19, of the 200 block of Gulf Bank, was
shot one time in the abdomen and died later at Ben Taub Hospital,
investigators said.

Hinojosa was burglarizing the residence in the 500 block of Turney near
the North Freeway when the homeowner woke up around 1:30 a.m., police
reports show. The elderly man repeatedly told Hinojosa to leave, but
Hinojosa would not.

The man then shot Hinojosa once while both were still inside the
house, police said. No charges have been filed, and the case will be
referred to a Harris County grand jury for review.