Two robbers tried to break into homes during Hurricane Harvey, but probably forgot they were in Texas.
With nearly half of all Texas households owning a gun, the results of the break-ins were obvious. Both robbers were shot. One died.
Corpus Christi Police responded to an 11 p.m. call, about an hour after the hurricane made landfall, and found a man shot in the head, Caller-Times reported.
The man broke into the home on the 7100 block of Ficus Court near Yorktown Boulevard and was shot by the homeowner, responding police officers said.
The man survived the shot and was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline.
The burglar’s name was still unknown as of Saturday afternoon, according to Senior Officer Travis Pace.
Corpus Christi Police did not record any major incidents on Friday night.
Meanwhile in Houston, an alleged home intruder was shot dead by a resident early on Saturday, Chron reported.
A person reportedly attempted to enter a home on the 6900 block of Avenue T and was fatally shot by a resident inside, according to Houston Police Homicide Division.
The first death directly related to the hurricane was reported in Rockport, Texas. Mayor Charles J. Wax confirmed that one person was killed in a house fire when Hurricane Harvey landed on the shores of Texas Friday night, Fox News reported.
Harvey hit Texas, the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry, late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 miles per hour, making it the strongest storm to strike the state since 1961.
The storm has ripped off roofs, snapped powerlines, and triggered tornadoes and flash floods, while also curtailing a large portion of America’s oil and fuel production and prompting price hikes at the pumps.
