After kicking in a door, a Texas stalker got more than he bargained for when the woman on the other side was prepared to defend herself.
A Houston woman had recently moved to a new apartment complex to get away from a stalker. But the man found out where she lived and confronted her last Monday. He then kicked in her front door, but he wasn’t expecting the woman on the other side to be armed with a gun.
The woman shot the man in the chest and called the police. Upon arrival, they found the deceased man and found damage to the door frame. There were also multiple people inside the apartment when the incident took place.
We don’t know if the woman has a restraining order against the man, but we often report on incidents like these. Restraining orders are just pieces of paper. To truly protect yourself, you have to arm yourself. And that’s exactly what this woman did. Unfortunately, she has to deal with the fact that she shot and killed someone. But at least it didn’t turn out the other day around.
Restraining orders are just pieces of paper.
I disagree.
It’s true restraining or protective orders don’t always keep the restrained person away. But that’s only the first use for them.
The second reason to have one is for a case like this one, where you have to defend yourself. If the woman had a restraining order the stalker was breaking the law to come to her residence. That makes it pretty clear who was in the wrong.
Plus, the district attorney who issued it has copies of all the evidence she produced to qualify for the order. If the DA prosecutes her, all that should be shown to the jury, which is incentive not to prosecute in the first place.
He got the welcome he deserved!