Houston, Texas

From the Houston Chronicle of November 13, 2006

Man kills intruder, police say

A Fourth Ward townhome owner shot and killed a man who walked into his garage wielding a hunting knife Sunday night, police said.

"It looks like it was an attempted robbery," said Detective B.W. Nebors of the Houston Police Department Homicide Division.

The homeowner told police he was working in his garage at about 6:45 p.m. in the 1000 block of Ruthven when the intruder walked inside with a knife. The homeowner said he grabbed a gun he had stored nearby and fired at the suspect. The unidentified suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The area gets a lot of foot traffic ... and the homeowner said he had been burglarized in the past," Nebors said.