Preparedness
Texas Robbery Goes Awry Between Teenagers and Armed Citizens
In a startling incident in Harris County, Texas, a man found himself using his firearm to defend against a group of teenagers allegedly attempting to rob him with BB guns. The confrontation occurred at an apartment complex along Highway 249 just as Christmas was drawing to a close.
According to Major Suarez from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, authorities responded to the scene around midnight on Wednesday. Upon their arrival, they discovered a young man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. This individual, identified as one of the alleged robbers, was quickly transported to a trauma center for surgery.
While paramedics attended to him, two other juveniles were also found with gunshot injuries. These two children were hospitalized but fortunately their injuries were not life-threatening.
“During the incident, the juveniles approached the male, and they were displaying pistols,” explained Suarez. “The adult male retrieved his own pistol and shot the juveniles.”
The preliminary investigation revealed that the four youths, aged between 12 and 13, attempted to rob the man. However, the intended victim turned the situation around by using his firearm, resulting in three of the teenagers being hospitalized. Two of them have since been reported to be in stable condition.
The 25-year-old man involved in the shooting has voluntarily surrendered to the police and is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation. Authorities are still in the process of confirming whether the weapons used by the teenagers were indeed BB guns, as initially reported by KPRC-TV. The guns recovered from the scene are currently undergoing processing.
The incident has left the local community in shock. Resident Bruce Bailey expressed his dismay to KHOU-TV, saying, “Of all things, being Christmas, and this is a child, first thing that comes to my mind is, number one, where is the parent. Number two, if you got here with a gun, what are you doing out here with a gun?”
Watch a local news report about the incident below:
Let us know what you think, please share your thoughts in the comments below.
Wesley
January 7, 2025 at 12:13 pm
You don’t know it the guns are real
Rita Green’s Express Tax Svc.
January 7, 2025 at 12:18 pm
If I’m in a situation that’s a possibility that’s lethal. There’s no way for me to in that position to recognize if the weapons are real or not and the perpetrators are not going to say “It’s a fake weapon but I’m robbing you”. Even the law enforcement personnel perceive the weapons real and they’re trained. I’m 73 years old and I’m not going to take a chance of not having another birthday because of some kind of situation like this and I have the opportunity to defend myself against it.
phillip p henry
January 7, 2025 at 12:19 pm
kids should have enough sense to know better than to point any type of gun at a person.
James
January 7, 2025 at 12:22 pm
First of all a lot of BB guns look real and begins can take an eye out
Al Vaughn
January 7, 2025 at 12:45 pm
I have several instances with teenagers, hit in the back of the head, phone stolen, cold drink thrown on me.However, if one pulled any type of fire arm, I would not feel bad about using a fire arm to protect myself.These kids are old enough to know if you try to harm someone, you are putting your life in danger.
William Powell
January 7, 2025 at 12:45 pm
When you are threatened by one or more people you have to believe them.You don’t usually have the option to check their ID for their age or inspect their weapons to see what they actually are.
Shar
January 7, 2025 at 12:47 pm
Hard to tell if a gun is lethal or not, so the victim has every right to shoot them. Play stupid games, wins stupid prizes. Parents of those kids should be in big trouble, along with their children!!
john S nowosacki
January 7, 2025 at 12:50 pm
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Don’t wait to find out if the gun pointed at you is a toy or real. It could cost you your life.
EDWARD SOMERS
January 7, 2025 at 12:54 pm
I would use whatever force necessary to end a threat, but then that presumes that I am aware of what the threat actually is in advance of making a choice. I doubt one would have time to determine the age of the assailants, or the lethality of the weapons presented; BB’s can be fatal or remove an eye. They may be ‘children’, but their fingers are perfectly capable of pulling that trigger.
Alfred Lester
January 7, 2025 at 1:13 pm
I agree Edward you’re spot on
steve
January 7, 2025 at 1:32 pm
Many BB guns look like regular guns. When it is dark and in an emotional state, it is not possible to tell the difference. You can’t just ask the criminal “is that a BB gun or a real gun”. The perp will lie, of course. Better safe than sorry.
Charles D Hadden
January 7, 2025 at 1:48 pm
Your question is ludicrous. Was the victim required to ask his attackers if they held lethal force? How many times has the whinny public said that BB guns were too dangerous and were too easily confused for real guns?Even some toy guns are now required to be a different colour like orange so as to identify them as not lethal to people like law enforcement.
Also, I was once confronted by a punk bragging that he could knock the S**T out of me and I could do anything to him with my CO2 powered BB gun. I replied to him how many times do you think I could place a shot between your eyes before you get anywhere near me? He shut his mouth immediately.
Colowinemaker
January 7, 2025 at 2:04 pm
How are you supposed to have knowledge of any type of weapon used on you by the perpetrator in an armed robbery??? I’m not going to stop, ask them if their choice is a lethal 9mm or Daisy BB repeater and then ask them to provide proof that they are legally eligible to conduct this robbery. You point any gun, real or not, at me, in an attempt to do any harm, no matter your age, you take your chances. AND why are they doing this and where are the parents??? Reality is: you choose to be stupid, brazen, play those ridiculous video games, idolize rap/gangsters, lack remorse or conscience, lawless, truly believe that you invincible, and you are highly capable of pulling a trigger, then you suffer the consequences whatever they may be.
Joy
January 7, 2025 at 2:05 pm
I completely agree. The citizen threatened should be completely exonerated. The juveniles brought this entirely upon themselves.
Ken
January 7, 2025 at 2:18 pm
You are exactly right. In an unknown situation with unknown assailants you don’t have time to play 21 questions. If these “youths” are robbing people at 12 years of age, then your life is certainly more valuable than theirs.
Don
January 7, 2025 at 2:23 pm
I’d love to see photos of the (children).
TheGreatAmerican
January 7, 2025 at 2:25 pm
This is the play stupid games win stupid prizes and it sounds like they won.
Bobbo
January 7, 2025 at 2:31 pm
Don, you be a rayciss!
Elloyd Tunt
January 7, 2025 at 2:41 pm
‘249’ has turned into another war-zone, as this event emphasizes. Hopefully the young punks, and that’s all they are punks, will remember what it feels like to be shot, maybe turning their lives in another direction. Option-2 Coroner’s van.
Sherry
January 7, 2025 at 3:45 pm
Yes, Edward, I agree.
Djea
January 7, 2025 at 5:49 pm
Thank God he shot that many of them. I would give odds that they will now have epiphanies and change their lives for the better. Meanwhile, Department of Children and Families needs to get involved. The parents are a huge part of the problem and need to be dealt with by judges no less than the children (but in a different way).
Let us just pray that the children’s court take a hard line with these kids and causes intervention in novel and effective ways. No argument that the DCF and children courts are part of the problem Time for them to think outside the box and become a solution.
Ronald R Reagin
January 7, 2025 at 6:33 pm
When you see the weapons not knowing if they are real or bb guns, the way they’re made nowadays you can’t tell the difference when you’re threatened. Also I see omenody coming at me with a weapon I’m not to worried but their age they’re a threat I will shoot to Jake sure I’m safrpe not to worried about them.
Bill Stephens
January 7, 2025 at 7:34 pm
Authorities are still in the process of confirming whether the weapons used by the teenagers were indeed BB guns, as initially reported by KPRC-TV. The guns recovered from the scene are currently undergoing processing.
How long does it take to determine if the weapons used were in fact BB guns? I should think roughly 10 seconds, perhaps less.
Arch
January 7, 2025 at 10:28 pm
Pellet guns can certainly be fatal and/or cause grievous injuries. People need to be able to protect themselves against perpetrators threatening anybody any potential harmful weapon. Citizens need to be able to protect themselves or intervene to protect others who are being assaulted. Criminals need to understand that any time they use a weapon in commission of a crime, the victim has the right to protect themselves with any means possible.
Bobby G
January 8, 2025 at 6:53 pm
You reap what you sow.
Jack
January 11, 2025 at 1:22 am
Even less dangerous items such as airsoft guns are hard to discern from real firearms without hands-on inspection. Helping move a late-teens relative to an apartment, I came across a very real looking black airsoft handgun. No way, especially in dim light and under stress, would I have been able to identify it as an airsoft pistol.