Maverick County Home Invader Shot and Killed By Homeowner During Struggle

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department report that a male home invader or burglar was shot and killed by the homeowner that he attempted to break into on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, on Sun Valley Street in Tierra De Sol Subdivision in southern Maverick County, Texas.

The Maverick County Sheriff Department reports that the male home invader was dressed in black with a ski mask when he turned off the electricity of the home and then attempted to enter the home, but the homeowner and his family were awake when the electricity was turned off and the homeowner heard a noise and got up to investigate the noise and encountered the home invader at the front door and got into a struggle with the invader, who had a .22 Caliber rifle with him, and the rifle discharged one or more times during the scuffle but was able to snatch the invader’s rifle away and shoot him. The home invader attempted to flee after being shot by the homeowner but fell to the ground near the street. 

The homeowner called law enforcement at approximately 10:30 P.M. and they called the Eagle Pass Fire Department EMS Ambulance to transport the home invader to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center.  The male home invader died from his gunshot injuries at Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center at approximately 12 P.M. 

Maverick County Sheriff’s Department interviewed the homeowner and released him without filing charges. 

The name of the home invader or burglar was identified as Manuel Perez, age 20 years old.

The case remains under investigation by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department.