Scared burglar calls 911 for help after confronting gun-wielding victim

Published time: December 07, 2012 18:41
Edited time: December 07, 2012 22:41
Scared burglar calls 911 for help after confronting gun-wielding victim

A suspected burglar called 911 after the homeowner whose house he allegedly broke into held him at gunpoint and demanded to know what he was doing in the house.

At around 12:30 a.m. in Springtown, Texas, 41-year-old Christopher Lance Moore broke into the house of James Gerow and his family in a suspected burglary attempt. The homeowner and his wife woke up to find an intruder enter and leave their bedroom.

Panicked, Gerow grabbed his pistol and followed the burglar outside. Moore left the home and sat in his GMC pickup truck, which was parked in the driveway of the house that he was trying to rob.

The homeowner followed the suspected burglar with his pistol and held Moore at gunpoint. He then took the man’s keys and gave the gun to his son to continue pointing at the burglar while he blocked the intruder’s truck with his own vehicle, Fox 4 News reports.

“If he gets out of the truck, shoot him in the legs,” Gerow recalled telling his son during an interview with the Dallas Morning News Crime Blog. “You ain’t gotta kill him; just shoot him in the legs.”

Gerow later told reporters that if the intruder had gotten out of the car, he would have shot him.

Meanwhile, Gerow’s wife, Lindy, called the police.

You better come quick, or my husband’s going to shoot him,” she said.

The police also received a call from the intruder, who said he was sitting inside his truck with a gun pointed at him. Moore expressed fear and tried to convince himself that the situation was not real. He remained on the phone with the operator for more than 10 minutes.

“I’m out in the country somewhere. Some guy’s got a gun on me. He’s going to come shoot me,” he said during the call. Asked to elaborate, he told the operator that “this dude in the red jacket” was planning on shooting him, according to audio files published by CBS News.

When police arrived at the scene, both the homeowner and the men were on the phone with the police. When Moore was questioned about why he broke into the home, he told authorities he simply had “bad intentions”.

Moore was arrested and charged with burglary of a habitation. His bail is set on $35,000.The man already has a criminal record that includes charges related to theft and drugs.

Comments (14)

MajorKarma 10.12.2012 10:23

Well okay, this headline made me laugh.  Fact is I havenever been burglarized because burglars usually have inside information on the places and homes they rob and the case of my home a burglar's least worry should be getting caught and going to prison.

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Anonoymous (unregistered) 10.12.2012 10:05

auto5734955 (unregistered) wrote in #12 "Anonoymous (unregistered) D ecember 08, 2012, 17:42 quote Texas is one of the few states that doesn't let the Fed's come in and tell them what to do.  Other states are letting the criminals thrive and have given them more rights then good citizens.  The govt. cares more for criminals then they do everyday citizens.  Then they let them out after a few years because the jails are all filled up.  Stupid dem ocrats, if they had thier way every state and city would look like Ca and Detroit."This idiot belongs in jail, but if the asinine republicans had their way we'd have 3/4 of the population in prisons living off our hard earned money while we pay outrgeous wages to the hired security guards employed by CCA, not to mention the Mercedes and BMWs their 10 or 15 corporate officers drive. So don't try to mke it sound like the democrats are soft on crime, we just don't wish to sell our childrens future down the tubes so we can keep the prisons(which are being built at a record pace) at 90% to satisfy the contracts with the republicans privatized prison systems idea.  The police state is not the way to go, this citizen seems to have the situation well in hand and doesn't have to be a blood thirsty ape like you seem to want.  Wake up and get a clue. @auto5734955 (unregistered)I've already waken up and got a clue.  I'm a Libertarian who believes strongly in the second ammendment - not like you and your douche-o-crats!  I say we start executing these filthy punks who habitually murder rape and steal, becuase if they can't control thier minds -what good are they?  I say, let the drug war end as well and that will solve your concern for overcroweded jails.  No, the douch-o-crats favor criminals over good citizens becuase they cry foul on every chance they get. I agree with those neo-con's when it comes to crime.  So, there's no debate here, I am an absolutist who will not sway.  Stop spewing non-sense and get real brain becuase I know you voted for the douche in the white house again - idiocy!

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auto5734955 (unregistered) 09.12.2012 03:11

"Anonoymous (unregistered) D ecember 08, 2012, 17:42 quote Texas is one of the few states that doesn't let the Fed's come in and tell them what to do.  Other states are letting the criminals thrive and have given them more rights then good citizens.  The govt. cares more for criminals then they do everyday citizens.  Then they let them out after a few years because the jails are all filled up.  Stupid dem ocrats, if they had thier way every state and city would look like Ca and Detroit."

Thi s idiot belongs in jail, but if the asinine republicans had their way we'd have 3/4 of the population in prisons living off our hard earned money while we pay outrgeous wages to the hired security guards employed by CCA, not to mention the Mercedes and BMWs their 10 or 15 corporate officers drive. So don't try to mke it sound like the democrats are soft on crime, we just don't wish to sell our childrens future down the tubes so we can keep the prisons(which are being built at a record pace) at 90% to satisfy the contracts with the republicans privatized prison systems idea.  The police state is not the way to go, this citizen seems to have the situation well in hand and doesn't have to be a blood thirsty ape like you seem to want.  Wake up and get a clue.

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