“Residents are on alert tonight after a man tries to break into a Sugar Land home. The man was shot after trying to break into an apartment on Long Reach Drive near Lexington in Sugar Land. Going by his first name only, James, a computer technician, who works the graveyard shift was sleeping in his apartment when he was awaken by his barking dog around noon. ‘That alarmed me so I picked up my gun just to have it with me in case someone was there,’ said James. And there was; an unidentified intruder who apparently entered through a kitchen window. ‘I opened my bedroom door and saw the guy,’ said James. ‘It looked like he was running towards me with a weapon like a screwdriver and I was scared.’ The 33 year-old pulled the trigger striking the suspect in the upper body. James was dialing 911, when he says the suspect ran out through the front door.” (07/01/09)