TX) Woman opens fire after intruder shoots nephew 12-30-04

TX) Woman opens fire after intruder shoots nephew 12-30-04


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Police: Woman Opens Fire After Intruder Shoots Nephew
Trail Of Blood Leads Detectives To Believe Bullet Struck Intruder
December 30, 2004

HOUSTON -- A homeowner fought back Thursday morning after her teenage
nephew was shot in the arm as two men invaded her Missouri City home
looking for a man she did not know, police told Local 2.

Neighbors: Home Intrusion Shooting Is Case Of Mistaken Identity

Home Invasion Sends Teen To Hospital

Missouri City detectives said homeowner Malika Leverette noticed two
armed men in their 20s approaching the front door of her home on
Reecewood Lane at Mulberry at about 3 a.m. As the woman ran to get a
gun, the intruders stormed inside the home and asked where a man named
"Snoop" was.

Investigators said when Leverette told them they had the wrong house,
the men fired a bullet at her 16-year-old nephew, who was sleeping on
the couch.

Leverette told police she then opened fire on the men as they escaped

Officials think the woman struck one of the intruders because there was
a trail of blood leaving the home.

Leverette's nephew was transported to a hospital with a gunshot wound to
the arm. His condition has not been released.

Officials said there is a possibility that the intruders invaded the
wrong home because Leverette moved into the home two weeks ago.
Police are now searching for the intruders.