Grand Prairie, Texas



From the Dallas Morning News of January 13, 2004 (requires registration)

Grand Prairie man fatally shoots men who were trying to rob him



Police were questioning a Grand Prairie man on Tuesday who said he fatally shot two men who were trying to rob him.



The man reported to police that the suspects took him against his will from his home to a local bank. There, he said, he was forced to withdraw cash from an ATM.



According to Grand Prairie Police Detective John Brimmer, the man said the suspects then drove him back to his residence where one of them threatened him with a baseball bat. The man said he feared for his life and fatally shot them with a pistol he had been carrying in his pocket.



He called 911 around 8:30 a.m. and stayed on the phone with the dispatcher until police arrived.



Police said the man, who was in his 60s and was not injured, had a concealed-weapons permit.



Brimmer said the two suspects had not been identified, but both looked to be in their 30s, and one was wearing a ski mask.



Their bodies were being taken to the Dallas County Medical Examiner's office for autopsy.

UPDATE (by Clayton): This news story from NBC 5 on January 14, 2004, reports that "Police now say they think a shooter in Grand Prairie did not have to use deadly force." But the news story contributes nothing new--two criminals force entry, force this guy to withdraw money from an ATM, and he shoots the bad guys.