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Suspect Terence Ellies (Port Arthur Police Department)
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS: A homeowner in Texas has reportedly fatally shot a suspect in an alleged armed home invasion, according to police authorities. The suspect, along with two others, had held the homeowner s two young children at gunpoint. The Port Arthur Police were able to identify the dead suspect as 27-year-old Terence Ellies as the Justice of the Peace Tom Gilliam III ordered an autopsy to be conducted.
The police revealed that the owner of the home had shot the suspect after he had barged into their home with two other suspects who were armed, according to a KBTV report. The incident had occurred at a residence located on the 2500 block of 18th Street.
Port Arthur Police identified the deceased suspect as Terence Ellies
The owner of the home fatally gunned down the suspect after he barged into the home with two other armed suspects
Three suspects barged into the home when a woman residing in the home came back to the residence on the 2500 block of 18th Street
Homeowner is said to be a 29-year-old father who was armed with a rifle
The other two suspects left the scene and police are still searching for the duo
Texas Man Shoots, Kills Robber Holding His Family at Gunpoint
On 12/28/20 at 1:50 PM EST
A man in Port Arthur, Texas, shot and killed one of three home invaders holding his family at gunpoint on Sunday evening.
Sergeant Shannon Meaux of the Port Arthur Police Department said officers were called to the family s home at 8:31 p.m. on December 27, when they found one of the robbers dead at the scene.
Police in Port Arthur, Texas, responded to a home invasion Sunday night.
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Local television station WWL-TV, a CBS affiliate, aired video outside the scene.
After they arrived to investigate the report of a home invasion and shooting, officers found Terence Ellies, 27, dead inside the home, Detective Mike Hebert said in a news release on Monday morning. The release also stated that Justice of the Peace Tom Gilliam III ordered an autopsy.