Second Amendment in action
A southwest Harris County homeowner shot and killed a man he discovered climbing into a window of his house at about 2:15 a.m. today, investigators said.
Steven Dunbar,* who apparently lived several blocks away, died in the window of the home in the 3400 block of Cascadia, Harris County sheriff’s homicide Det. Rolf Nelson said.
The 33-year-old homeowner, Damon Barone, was asleep in the house with his wife, a son, 6, and an infant daughter when he heard a loud noise, Nelson said.
“The homeowner says he heard a loud noise, possibly a gunshot, that startled him out of bed,” Nelson said. “As he got up, he said he heard another loud noise and he said the house was shaking.”
Carrying a pistol, Barone was on his way to investigate the noises when he heard glass breaking in a bedroom.
“When he entered that bedroom, he said he saw a burglar coming through a broken window,” Nelson said. “He shot several times and struck the burglar several times, killing him at the scene.”
Deputies found a screen door on the back of the house torn from its metal frame, Nelson said.
“He’s got a pretty extensive criminal record of felonies over the last 13 years,” Nelson said of Dunbar, 44. “He has at least 12 arrests for felonies and a half-dozen convictions. We don’t know if he was intent on some other crime or if it was a burglary for something he could turn into money.”
The area around the shooting scene was taped off by deputies at about 3 a.m. and the homeowner was not available for comment.
*Steven Dunbar
Date of birth: 3/18/1963
Address: 15734 WINDGALE HOUSTON TX77082
Height 5’09
Weight 150 LBS
Eyes BROWN
Hair BLACK
Skin BLACK
Build MEDIUM
Race AFRICAN-AMERICAN
Date of death: 12/14/2007