San Antonio, Texas

From MySA.com of March 15, 2007

Family gets last laugh on pair of tough guys

Two men came to his home in the 300 block of Fairview, looking for a friend of his son. Huizar's daughter, Lucienne, opened the door; one man brandished a gun.

"It was right in my face," the 21-year-old said. "I said, 'Mom, call Dad! They're going to shoot!'"

Her mother and 14-year-old sister, who were watching TV, dropped to the floor.

But the men fled, firing a shot into the air.

The event riled Huizar, a 41-year-old trucker who'd just returned from Chicago.

Just last month, one of the men had been at his house, claiming his son owed him money.

Huizar had paid up, adding, "what's a few hundred? I don't want nobody to hurt him. I don't want him hurting us."

Tuesday, when the man returned, he'd gone too far. Huizar worried about his family and feared the men would come back.

"This is enough," he thought. "I'm going to put you in your place."

Turns out an old, battered cell phone left discarded in the street would come to his aid.

About 1 a.m., after the family had settled down and Huizar had placed his shotgun beside his bed, their dog barked. The men were back.

They were looking for their phone — unaware it already was wrapped up by police and listed as evidence.

Fearing they had made too much noise, the men soon fled.

But Huizar, thinking they were retrieving weapons, fired.

Either a bullet or piece of glass grazed one man's cheek, but the two sped away in their car, police said. Later, two men were arrested and charged with possession of narcotics.

Although still shaken, the humor of the event wasn't lost on Huizar's family.

"I could understand if it was a Razr (cell phone), but this? Come on," Lucienne Huizar said.