When a house intruder entered a Texas residence armed with a gun, he possible thought he had the higher hand over anybody who is perhaps inside. He discovered he was incorrect when he got here nose to nose with the home-owner.
Kevin Mitchell Gonzales discovered the onerous approach why they are saying you “don’t mess with Texas.” The 28-year-old Hispanic male allegedly tried to enter a Longview house with out permission and was thwarted by a house owner, who wasn’t going to let him get away with no combat. As a wrestle ensued, Gonzales pulled a gun, however issues nonetheless wouldn’t work out in his favor.
Gonzales allegedly entered the house within the 800 Block of Spring Road by means of the storage late on a Monday night time. When the unnamed home-owner discovered Gonzales in his storage allegedly making an attempt to enter his house, a fairly violent wrestle started. Through the combat, Gonzales pulled out a handgun and fired one spherical from the 45 caliber pistol, CBS 19 reported.
Simply earlier than 11 pm, officers had been dispatched to the house for an unknown drawback. When officers arrived, they discovered the home-owner unhurt. The identical couldn’t be mentioned for Kevin Mitchell Gonzales, who apparently took a brutal beating after pulling a gun on the incorrect man and being hit a number of instances within the face.
As they are saying, an image is price a thousand phrases, and Gonzales’ mugshots, that includes a badly battered, bloodied, bruised, and swollen face, converse volumes. From the appears of issues, that is one man who undoubtedly regretted his poor selections and choosing the incorrect home to aim an alleged break-in:
When officers arrived, the meant sufferer advised police he discovered the Hispanic male, later recognized as Gonzales, in his house with out permission. He defined that the combat ensued with Gonzales firing his pistol. The sufferer mentioned he was capable of get the gun away from Gonzales and maintain him down till the police arrived.
Along with Gonzales’ accidents, the storage confirmed proof of the violent wrestle that befell between the accused prison and the home-owner. Through the scuffle, Gonzales allegedly crashed right into a wall, leaving it smashed in, identical to his face.
Whereas Gonzales took fairly the beating, the home-owner was not injured in any respect throughout the incident, in line with the Longview Information-Journal. As well as, it was solely Gonzales who ended up in bother with the legislation as he was positioned beneath arrest — which is when issues solely went from unhealthy to worse for the battered would-be burglar.
Throughout Gonzales’ arrest, officers discovered 18 Lorazepam tablets in a transparent plastic bag within the suspect’s pants pocket, which resulted in a further cost. Gonzales was charged with Legal Trespass with a Lethal Weapon and Possession of a Managed Substance. He was transported to the Gregg County Jail with out incident.
Information present this was the fifth time Kevin Mitchell Gonzales had been booked right into a Gregg County Jail, Chron reported. Hopefully, after the beating he took, he lastly discovered his lesson and realized it’s not clever to attempt to assist himself to another person’s property. As for the home-owner, this might have had a a lot totally different ending. The unhappy reality is that most individuals’s fists are not any match for a firearm.
Though issues ended within the home-owner’s favor, wrestling a gun away from an armed intruder is dangerous enterprise and clearly not advisable by legislation enforcement. Fortunately, this can be a story with a contented ending as a result of it might have simply resulted in a lack of life. Combating an armed prison might have ended with the resident being killed and the intruder getting away. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case, and it appears like Gonzales acquired precisely what he deserved.
