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Two teens dead, one injured in San Marcos shooting
By Joshunda Sanders, Patrick George and Isadora Vail | Friday, September 4, 2009, 01:26 PM
SAN MARCOS — Two 16-year-olds were killed, another was seriously wounded and a fourth teen is in police custody following an attempted home invasion early this morning, San Marcos police said Friday.
Police said a resident of the home shot the teens about 2 a.m. in the 900 block of Chestnut Street, near the Texas State University campus. The two dead teens are from Luling, police said.
Police Chief Howard Williams said the three residents of the home were awakened by a commotion shortly before 2 a.m. He said one resident opened a bedroom door to find a suspect pointing a weapon at him from the living room. Williams said the resident, who was armed with a pistol, shot three of the suspects, and that a fourth escaped uninjured.
None of the residents of the home — one a Texas State University student — were injured, he said.
Williams said three of the suspects are 16 years old and a fourth is 17. Their names have not been released.
One 16-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, and another died at Central Texas Medical Center, police said. A third 16-year-old was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin with serious injuries, and police are waiting to interview him, Williams said.
The fourth teen fled the scene but returned later and was arrested in connection with the home invasion with charges pending, police said.
At least two of the four teens involved in the early morning San Marcos shooting were students at the Luling Independent School District, officials said.
Luling school district superintendent David Davis said one of the teens who was fatally shot, as well as the one who was seriously injured, were students in his district. Davis said he had no immediate information about the other teen who was fatally shot or the teen who was arrested.
Davis said because the students were minors, he would not disclose their names or where they attended school. He did say grief counselors were present at the school they attended.
“We’re helping our kids that are struggling with this,” Davis said.
All three residents of the home were interviewed by police, Williams said. He said it was too early to say whether or not the resident who shot the suspects will be charged. Four guns were taken from the home, he said, but he did not know who owned the guns.
As news crews arrived at the small, two-story gray house in the 900 block of Chestnut Street, residents inside boarded up windows and draped a curtain over the front entrance, which was missing a door.
Samuel Bagot, a former university student who used to live on Chestnut Street, said the area is heavily populated with students but is peaceful aside from the occasional partying.
“It’s peaceful type stuff around here,” Bagot said. “I hear every once and a while that a house gets broken into, but it’s usually for stupid stuff, like a TV.”
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it's that hippy austin kickin in again.........
only guns that shoulda been taken are the criminals guns and maybe the 1 used to shoot the kids........
Two teens dead, one injured in San Marcos shooting
By Joshunda Sanders, Patrick George and Isadora Vail | Friday, September 4, 2009, 01:26 PM
SAN MARCOS — Two 16-year-olds were killed, another was seriously wounded and a fourth teen is in police custody following an attempted home invasion early this morning, San Marcos police said Friday.
Police said a resident of the home shot the teens about 2 a.m. in the 900 block of Chestnut Street, near the Texas State University campus. The two dead teens are from Luling, police said.
Police Chief Howard Williams said the three residents of the home were awakened by a commotion shortly before 2 a.m. He said one resident opened a bedroom door to find a suspect pointing a weapon at him from the living room. Williams said the resident, who was armed with a pistol, shot three of the suspects, and that a fourth escaped uninjured.
None of the residents of the home — one a Texas State University student — were injured, he said.
Williams said three of the suspects are 16 years old and a fourth is 17. Their names have not been released.
One 16-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, and another died at Central Texas Medical Center, police said. A third 16-year-old was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin with serious injuries, and police are waiting to interview him, Williams said.
The fourth teen fled the scene but returned later and was arrested in connection with the home invasion with charges pending, police said.
At least two of the four teens involved in the early morning San Marcos shooting were students at the Luling Independent School District, officials said.
Luling school district superintendent David Davis said one of the teens who was fatally shot, as well as the one who was seriously injured, were students in his district. Davis said he had no immediate information about the other teen who was fatally shot or the teen who was arrested.
Davis said because the students were minors, he would not disclose their names or where they attended school. He did say grief counselors were present at the school they attended.
“We’re helping our kids that are struggling with this,” Davis said.
All three residents of the home were interviewed by police, Williams said. He said it was too early to say whether or not the resident who shot the suspects will be charged. Four guns were taken from the home, he said, but he did not know who owned the guns.
As news crews arrived at the small, two-story gray house in the 900 block of Chestnut Street, residents inside boarded up windows and draped a curtain over the front entrance, which was missing a door.
Samuel Bagot, a former university student who used to live on Chestnut Street, said the area is heavily populated with students but is peaceful aside from the occasional partying.
“It’s peaceful type stuff around here,” Bagot said. “I hear every once and a while that a house gets broken into, but it’s usually for stupid stuff, like a TV.”
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it's that hippy austin kickin in again.........
only guns that shoulda been taken are the criminals guns and maybe the 1 used to shoot the kids........
I'll spray 'em and you can pray for 'em.
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