HELOTES, Texas – An attempted carjacking turned into a shooting Tuesday morning at a home in the San Antonio Ranch subdivision in northwest Bexar County, where a homeowner said he drove off with the suspects trying to grab his car
“Looking at the holes and their location, it shouldn’t be here. I mean probably about 20 shots went into the house and hit the trees about seven times,” said the homeowner, who asked to remain anonymous .
The man said he was getting things ready before waking up his son to go to school. He saw headlights coming into his house so he went outside to see who was there.
“He pointed a gun at me and said, ‘Go home,'” the man said, referring to the suspect.
He followed orders but only to arm himself.
“As soon as it was loaded and ready to go, I opened the door. I haven’t said two words. I just opened fire,” said the owner.
He said the suspects shot him again.
“My safest place was on the ground at the time and I just yelled at my wife and kids to stay down,” the homeowner said.
Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies were able to arrive at the man’s home within minutes.
Deputies were already a few streets down, responding with guns to a call of suspects in a driveway. The owner of that home, who also asked to remain anonymous, said her security cameras alerted her through her phone.
“I yelled at my husband to get his gun. If he had gotten (out) of there a few seconds earlier, there could have been a shooting here, or if he left for work and I didn’t check, he could have to have lost it”, said the woman.
No residents in the area were hit by gunfire and it appears the only property damaged was that of the homeowner involved in the shooting, according to BCSO.
The suspects’ robbery attempt was unsuccessful, and it’s unclear if either was hit by gunfire.
“A man’s home, you know, you’ve got to defend it by any means necessary,” said the homeowner involved in the shooting. “I have three lives in there that I am responsible for, and I will give that life for them at any time.”
BCSO asks anyone with information about the suspects to call 210-335-6070.
RELATED
Copyright 2023 by KSAT – All rights reserved.
