Police say Fort Worth homeowner shoots, kills backyard intruder
12:10 PM CDT on Sunday, May 31, 2009
WFAA-TV
FORT WORTH Police said a homeowner in far south Fort Worth shot and killed an apparent intruder shortly after midnight Saturday.
According to a preliminary investigation, a resident in the 8100 block of Camelot Road told police he had heard someone in his backyard and grabbed a shotgun. The 37-year-old man told police he fired approximately five times at the suspect and then went back inside the house to protect his children.
The 24-year-old man who was shot stumbled to the front yard, where he was found dead. He was identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's office as Pierre Bullock of Fort Worth.
The homeowner's name was not released. Fort Worth police homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal