Texas Homeowner Shoots and Kills Hallucinating Blood-Covered Intruder Who Broke In at Random and Cornered Him in His Bedroom With Wife and Children Home– www.usacarry.com
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A homeowner in Lytle, Texas, fatally shot an intruder who broke into his home at random on October 4, 2026, while his wife and children were present. The intruder, 36-year-old Patrick Lee Roy Edwards, was hallucinating and covered in blood after an earlier violent disturbance at a nearby home, where a 13-year-old girl suffered knife wounds.
Edwards had no connection to the second home and cornered the homeowner in his bedroom. Police stated the shooting was justified given the immediate threat, and the homeowner is not expected to face charges, though the investigation remains ongoing with assistance from the Texas Rangers.
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LYTLE, TX — A Lytle homeowner shot and killed a hallucinating man who broke into his house at random Sunday night, covered in blood, and cornered him in his bedroom while his wife and children were home, according to Lytle police.
The chain of events started just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, at a home on Butch Cassidy Street in the Saddle Ridge Estates subdivision, as reported by News 4 San Antonio. Lytle Chief of Police and Fire Marshal Richey Priest said 36-year-old Patrick Lee Roy Edwards was hallucinating and aggressive during a disturbance at the home where he lived with a woman and her children.