A Texas man was wounded after booby-trapping his home with shotgun shells, according to the local sheriff’s office.
Police encountered a “disoriented” 73-year-old man with what appeared to be gunshot wounds outside a house in in Tomball, northwest of Houston on Sept. 11.
According to Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the man was erratic, yelling out “There’s danger in the home, there’s danger in the home.”
A deputy went into the house to investigate.
Booby-Trapping Your Home is Against the Law
A SWAT team was called in, and dismantled explosive devices rigged at the entrances and windows of the house.The SWAT team’s own explosions could be heard as they disarmed the devices.
The man found outside the house was taken to hospital, suffering from two non-life threatening gunshot-like wounds, Gilliland told reporters in a statement.
The deputy who set off the booby trap was okay but did receive an injury from fragments from the discharge.
Police said that they would meet with the district attorney’s office to determine any charges to file against the man in the house.
“Booby-trapping one’s home is against the law in the state of Texas. To rig your home any way that will deter people from breaking into your home,” Gilliland said, according to the Chronicle.