Arlington, Texas

(A later article identified the homeowner as a 66-year-old Grandmother.)

From Dallas’ NBC5i.com of November 9, 2005

Homeowner Shoots Intruder Found Hiding In Closet

Man Transported To Hospital For Gunshot Wound To Leg

An Arlington homeowner shoots an intruder after finding him in her closet just hours after police attempted to pull the man over for a traffic stop.

Arlington police attempted to pull a driver over near Interstate 30 and Fielder Road shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday. The driver drove the car to a dead end road and fled into a nearby neighborhood.

Police began canvassing the neighborhood near the 1700 block of Northhaven Court on foot as well as by air.

At about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a 911 call of a shooting at a residence. The homeowner told police she found someone hiding in her house and shot him in the leg.

"She had let her dogs out to go to the bathroom and noticed there were muddy footprints leading into her house," said Doug Depoma, with the Arlington Police Department. The woman "searched her house and located him inside a closet near the front door."

The injured man ran from the the woman's house and was found at about 3 a.m. a few houses away hiding underneath a patio deck, police said.

The man was arrested and transported to an area hospital, where he is being treated for a gunshot wound.

The homeowner was not injured in the incident.

Arlington police said the man is expected to be charged with evading arrest and burglary.