Dallas man accused of fatally shooting burglar and going back to bed before calling 911
A Dallas man is accused of fatally shooting a burglar outside his Old East Dallas home Thursday and going back to bed before calling police nearly two hours later.
Meyer told police that he had been awakened about 5 a.m. by noise outside and saw someone trying to break into his storage shed with a pickax when he looked through the window, the affidavit said.
Meyer said he grabbed his handgun and chambered a round, then came out of his home yelling at the person to stop what he was doing and not come any closer or else he'd shoot.
Instead, he told police, the person took several steps toward him, so he fired his gun, according to the affidavit.
At that point, the burglar dropped the pickax and ran toward the park.
Meyer said he fired an additional shot "into the night" in the direction of the park, even though "from the suspect's accounts, the threat of serious bodily injury against him was over when the complainant dropped the pickax and ran off," the affidavit said.
Meyer said he didn't know whether he had struck the person, so he went back to bed.