(FOX 9)A suspected burglar who allegedly broke into an El Paso, Texas, home in broad daylight and shot a dog was sent running when one resident pulled out his own handgun and returned fire.Bruce Wayne Murphy, 29, is accused of breaking into a Northeast El Paso home just before 9 a.m.
March 1. Murphy allegedly fired a gun in the home, which left a dog wounded, according to police.A resident of the home, 37-year-old Sean Patrick Suniga, then pulled out his own firearm and shot at Murphy, police said.
Two other residents were home at the time of the attempted burglary, according to a press release from the El Paso Police Department.WASHINGTON HOMEOWNER SHOOTS WOULD-BE BURGLAR DEADMurphy fled the home and was found at an intersection "yelling for help" and saying "that he had been shot," according to police.
He was transported to a local hospital.TEXAS HOMEOWNER SHOOTS SUSPECTED INTRUDER, HOLDS HIM AT GUNPOINT UNTIL DEPUTIES ARRIVEPolice say they obtained a warrant for burglary of habitation with a bond of $500,000.