HOUSTON—A man angry after his car was towed was shot early Friday attempting to break into a Montrose –area residence to confront the homeowner who had his car removed, according to police.
Police said the man parked his car in front of a residence on Fargo at Stanford, blocking a homeowner’s driveway for several hours. He returned around 3 a.m. to find that his car was gone.
The homeowner called a towing company to have the car removed.
"He blocked my driveway and I had to have his car towed away, it sat there about four or five hours," explained the homeowner. "So, finally I had to have his car towed away and he just went hog-wild crazy and that was that."
Police said the angry man then attempted to break into the residence in order to confront the homeowner, but the homeowner shot the suspect.
"Well, I was in the kitchen cooking some grits and all of a sudden I hear some racket in my front room so I ran in my back bedroom and got my gun," said the homeowner. "This guy had busted all of my windows and busted into my front door and was coming into my house. He got into my house and I shot him once."
The homeowner said the injured man then yelled to a friend outside for help.
"He was yelling at somebody out here and then somebody come up here that he was talking to and I said, ‘Don’t come up here,’ and he stayed back," said the homeowner. "Then the officers came and the ambulance came and that was that and hauled him off. My house is all torn to pieces and I guess I am just out of luck."
The injured man was taken to the hospital and was expected to survive.
Meanwhile, the homeowner said he does not feel secure after the incident.
"Now I got to hang around and wait for them to put some plywood up so I can feel secure, at least so I can sleep tonight, hopefully. I will be up until next week some time after this," he said.
The homeowner said he does not have any problem with people parking in the neighborhood, but they should not block the residents’ driveways.
Some of Johnson’s neighbors blamed the nearby nightclubs for the parking problem.
"It’s very frustrating because you never know if you’ll be called out to an emergency and you can’t get out of your house," said Gwen Reeves, who has lived in the neighborhood for two years.
She said she’d like to see a greater police presence on weekend nights.
Authorities said the homeowner would not face charges in the case, but that the shooting victim could face charges at a later time.
