Dallas, Texas



From Dallas’ NBC5i.com of July 30, 2004

Dallas Man Shoots, Kills Man At Front Door



Dallas homicide investigators are trying to piece together details of a shooting early Friday that left one man dead on the front porch of another man.



Brandon Washington, 32, left a friend's house in the 7300 block of Bluestem Drive of South Oak Cliff at about 2 a.m. Friday. At about 4 a.m., he returned to the same block, this time at the house almost directly across his friend's.



According to police, Washington banged and kicked on the front door of the house. The homeowner emerged, and a confrontation ensued, Dallas police Sgt. Ken Sprecher said.



"(The homeowner) opened the door, and there was some type of confrontation on the front porch, steps," Sprecher said. "The homeowner then fired one time, striking the subject in the upper torso. He fell and died."



The homeowner said he thought Washington was a burglar attempting to break in to the house. Investigators took into custody the homeowner for questioning and

later released him.

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Evidence will be presented to a Dallas grand jury, which will decide if enough evidence exists to indict the homeowner

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