Texas: Burglar Calls 911 After Homeowner Pulls a Gun on Him

My favorite tweet and story of the day:

Burglar calls 911 to save himself from gun-wielding homeowner: news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow… #tcot

— DanStlMo (@DanStlMo) December 7, 2012

A suspected burglar called 911 after the owner of the home he broke into caught and held him at gunpoint.

The suspect, Christopher Moore, placed the emergency call in Springtown, Texas, during the botched burglary attempt early Tuesday after James Gerow, the homeowner, and Gerow’s son pointed guns at him as he sat in his pickup truck parked in the driveway.

“I’m out in the country somewhere,” Moore told the 911 operator during the 10-minute call. “Some guy’s got a gun on me.”

Gerow’s wife, Lindy, placed a concurrent call to 911 that confirmed Moore’s account.

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

“If he gets out of the truck, shoot him in the legs,” James Gerow told his son, according to the Dallas Morning News Crime Blog. “You ain’t gotta kill him—just shoot him in the legs.”

When police arrived, both Moore and Lindy Gerow were still talking to 911 dispatchers.

According to CBS’ Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate, Moore was arrested and charged with burglary. He’s currently being held on a $35,000 bond.

If this was California or New York, the homeowner would be the one on the way to jail, and the burglar would be on his way to find a lawyer to sue them. But thankfully we live in Texas, and all is as it should be.