James Meyer of Old East Dallas has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting a burglar in the early morning and going back to sleep for around two hours before calling the police.
On 9/30/19 at 3:55 PM EDTA Dallas man has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting a burglar in the early morning and going back to sleep for around two hours before calling the police.
James Meyer is accused of murder after allegedly shooting a burglar and waiting almost two hours to report it.Meyer told police that he was awoken around 5 a.m. by a noise and saw through his window a burglar trying to break into his storage shed with a pickaxe. Meyer was legally allowed to be on his property during the home invasion, but investigators are questioning if he was really under attack. They noted in the affidavit that"from the suspect's accounts, the threat of serious bodily injury against him was over when the complainant dropped the pickaxe and ran off."
Investigators arriving at the scene found dried blood on the burglar's body, indicating he had been dead for some time before they arrived. They also couldn't find any shell casings, which Meyer said he had thrown in the trash.
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