Austin, Texas

From Austin’s KXAN.com of July 14, 2006

Man Fatally Shot While Breaking Into Home

A home invasion leads to a shootout in East Austin leaving one man dead, two others wounded.

It happened on the 6100 block of Duchess in a neighborhood off of MLK Boulevard and Highway 183 just after 2 a.m. Friday.

Detectives just took down the crime tape at the house, but they have a mess on their hands with three crime scenes, three people involved and one man dead and two others hospitalized.

Neighbors woke up to police dogs, flashing lights and a murder scene.

"I only heard gun shots, and then I heard people fighting and I didn't realize that they were gun shots. Nothing like this has ever happened here. Tis [sic] neighborhood has always been peaceful," neighbor Lorenzo Torres said.

Police say two men forced their way into the house and got into a gun battle with the man inside the home. The victim suffered life threatening wounds.

The suspects escaped one jumped through the back yards and collapsed in a neighbors yard. The second suspect was found dead about a block away.