Tucson Home Invasion Thwarted by Gun Owner

By Thursday February 12, 2009

Score one for the 2nd Amendment.



64 Comments
  1. chris says:
    2/12/2009 at 4:47 pm

    Looks like some pretty heavy fire power on both sides. I would be surprised if the house owner is not arrested, or at least investigated, for some type of wrongdoing.

  2. Joe says:
    2/12/2009 at 4:48 pm

    People defending their home never makes it in to gun control statistics.

  3. Improbus says:
    2/12/2009 at 4:48 pm

    To bad you can’t use booby traps.

  4. LibertyLover says:
    2/12/2009 at 4:49 pm

    #3, I would say that homeowner was the booby trap.

  5. bobbo says:
    2/12/2009 at 4:52 pm

    I’ll bet dollar to donuts this was a drug dealer defending his cache against other drug dealers.

    How many stray bullets hit any neighbors?

    How many will?

    No, the statistics control. More people killed by gun violence in USA than any other western country.

    If your problem is a mosquito infested swamp, you don’t clean it up by adding more mosquitoes.

  6. brm says:
    2/12/2009 at 4:58 pm

    #5 bobbo:

    “More people killed by gun violence in USA than any other western country.”

    More people killed by automobiles in USA than in any other western country.

  7. brm says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:02 pm

    #5 bobbo:

    “I’ll bet dollar to donuts this was a drug dealer defending his cache against other drug dealers.”

    You are probably right. If we legalized drugs, we probably wouldn’t have drug dealers needing to defend their stashes.

    “How many stray bullets hit any neighbors?”

    Zero, right? I’m pretty sure that would have been part of the story.

  8. Seerak says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:11 pm

    **If your problem is a mosquito infested swamp, you don’t clean it up by adding more mosquitoes.**

    You don’t clean it up by refusing to distinguish between mosquitoes and their victims.

  9. deowll says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:17 pm

    The drug wars and out of control crime in Mexico aren’t just in Mexico.

    I don’t know what if anything the man attacked had to do with this.

    He might have been in law enforcement in some manner for all I know or just got in somebody’s way or a good kidnap victim.

    Kidnap for ransom is now big business in Mexico and so is killing anybody siding with law enforcement besides dealers fighting over turf.

  10. Special Ed says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:30 pm

    If my home was invaded, I’m definitely prepared to “thwart.”

  11. Ivor Biggun says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:37 pm

    I agree with #10 Special Ed. I don’t have an alarm company sign in front of my house. My sign says “Forget the Dog: Beware of the Owner”.

  12. Jeebers says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:41 pm

    Assault rifles aren’t normally used for home invasions. Something’s not right here.

  13. natefrog says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:43 pm

    #6, brm:

    More people killed by automobiles in USA than in any other western country.

    Flawed comparison. Come back to the grown-up’s discussion when you’re able to realize your logical fallacy.

  14. vonriesling says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:50 pm

    What Jeebers says. This isn’t your average home owner with multiple color surveillance cameras and folks who want to “invade” with semi-autos. The whole story isn’t here.

  15. bobbo says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:52 pm

    #7–brm==thanks for meeting me half way==YES–many problems really benefit from having 3-4-5 even 7-8-9 laws changed. Hard to juggle that many balls, but I think thats what it takes.

    The general reply about cars is that cars serve a necessary function==they are also licensed and heavily regulated. I would also agree their misuse needs to be more firmly dealt with==by changing/adding 7-8-9 more laws==like helping alcohol addicts rather than thinking jail will cure them.

  16. ¢ says:
    2/12/2009 at 5:55 pm

    A man found dead on the South Side Sunday morning was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent when he and three other armed intruders burst into the agent’s house several hours earlier, an official said Monday.

    According to police, Christian Gomez, 20, and Mark A. Escobar Jr., 19, along with two other intruders burst into the home of an off-duty Border Patrol agent and his family about 4:50 a.m. Sunday. One of the suspects shot at the agent when he confronted the intruders and the agent returned fire with his service weapon, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, of the Tucson Police Department.
    “You can only imagine what that kind of experience would be like,” Pacheco said. “It’s kind of reasonable to expect he would want to defend himself and his family.”

    The suspects fled the area in a Kia sport utility vehicle and the agent called 911, Pacheco said. Police did not release the name of the Border Patrol agent.

    Several hours after the home invasion, Tucson police found a man in the desert south of East Irvington Road and South First Avenue. The man, identified later as Gomez, had been shot to death, Pacheco said.
    Through investigation, detectives learned that Gomez had participated in the home invasion and had been shot by the agent, Pacheco said.

    Before finding Gomez’s body, at 7:19 a.m., a Tucson police officer saw smoke near Campbell Avenue and East Virginia Street, according to police. When the officer went to investigate he found the Kia SUV fully engulfed in flames, Pacheco said. When the fire was extinguished they police found bullet holes in the vehicle.
    Using information from the various scenes, investigators learned that Escobar had been involved home invasion and that he was the driver of the Kia SUV.

    He was booked into Pima County jail on suspicion of first-degree murder under the felony murder rule, which allows suspects to be charged with murder if someone gets killed during the commission of a felony.
    Escobar was also booked on suspicion of first-degree burglary, arson of an occupied structure, attempted armed robbery and attempted aggravated robbery.

    Detectives don’t know exactly why the armed intruders burst into the Border Patrol agent’s house, Pacheco said. It doesn’t appear that his home was targeted for any specific reason, he said.

    The Border Patrol is conducting its own investigation into the agent’s use of deadly force. Tucson Police Department homicide detectives will hand over the results of their investigation to the Pima County Attorney’s Office, which will decide whether or not the agent will face criminal charges or if Escobar will face additional charges.

  17. Mister Mustard says:
    2/12/2009 at 6:09 pm

    #5 – Bobbo

    >>More people killed by gun violence in USA
    >>than any other western country.

    Must be those damned counterproductive anti-gun laws. Same reason we have so many drunks and drug addicts.

  18. Mister Mustard says:
    2/12/2009 at 6:12 pm

    #9 – deowll

    >>The drug wars and out of control crime in
    >>Mexico aren’t just in Mexico.

    Right. That part of Tuscon is a hellhole. I’d want a gun too, if I lived there.

  19. bobbo says:
    2/12/2009 at 6:12 pm

    16–cents==good info there, thanks. Gee, my first guess would be that Mexicans invading a US Border Patrol Officers home might be connected to the “Home Owner” being a US Border Patrol Officer? ((Yuk, Yuk!!))

    Once again, a change in game plan is warranted==gangs targeting law enforcement is one major element of a society in a toilet bowl.

    And yes, the Officer should be heavily armed and have surveillance==all provided on request by the Employer.

  20. RBG says:
    2/12/2009 at 6:15 pm

    12 Jeebers. Like you say, “Something’s not right here.” Loaded assault rifles are normally used to return fire when someone’s shooting and about to kill you.

    Unless the intention was to scare a benign target into handing over valuables with something that actually couldn’t shoot.

    RBG

  21. GetReal says:
    2/12/2009 at 6:19 pm

    Good for the home owner!

    Screw all you gun hating idiots that think he was some kind of bad guy just because he had weapons.

    I hope it never happens to you but if it does, you’ll change your tune in a hurry. You’ll be at the gun store first thing the next morning. Just be sure to learn the proper way to use it.

    You only get to die one time.

  22. bobbo says:
    2/12/2009 at 6:32 pm

    You know what else you can wish for? How about protection against micro-meteors from outer space?????

    Boy–if you protect yourself against that and one comes down but you are protected==Man, you sure will be happy.

    Just be sure to build the micro-meteor shield correctly and learn the proper way to use it, because

    You only get to die one time.

    [LoL, You slay me… ed.]

  23. billabong says:
    2/12/2009 at 6:38 pm

    For weapons in the home a 12 gauge loaded alternately with birdshot and slugs and a 45 caliber pistol big enough to knock down a bull and loud enough to scare away all but the deaf.Thank god I live in a town where I don’t need them.

  24. steve says:
    2/12/2009 at 6:46 pm

    living in tucson i am no less prepared for this kind of invasion from thugs.All i want is peace and quiet-do you feel lucky punk.

  25. Lou says:
    2/12/2009 at 7:32 pm

    They won’t be back any time soon. He He Ha Ha

  26. friggle says:
    2/12/2009 at 7:37 pm

    Bobbo:
    I wish these scumbags were invading your house. Jerk.

  27. faxon says:
    2/12/2009 at 7:40 pm

    Loved seeing these dirtbag scum wetbacks running once they find out the victim is not a liberal pantywaist asshole. I would have liked it a bunch more if I saw holes torn through the sons of bitches, deep purple red blood spurting out, and squirming in agony as they die in the driveway. Oh. But I am just a gun nut, aren’t I?

  28. Mac Guy says:
    2/12/2009 at 8:45 pm

    #21 – Absolutely! That’s why I have firearm instructional videos on youtube, and why I just spent another $60+ on dummy rounds. I enjoy teaching others firearm safety.

  29. Mac Guy says:
    2/12/2009 at 8:46 pm

    #28 – Woah… Talk about some anger issues, man. Don’t get me wrong, I think deadly force was more than justified here, but put down the shotgun…

  30. Lou Minatti says:
    2/12/2009 at 8:48 pm

    “Loved seeing these dirtbag scum wetbacks running once they find out the victim is not a liberal pantywaist asshole.”

    I am all for the right to bear arms, but I have to agree with a few of the other commenters. This isn’t Joe Homeowner protecting his castle. There’s more to this story than Joe Homeowner randomly attacked by thugs.


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