{"id":1104869,"date":"2022-03-07T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1104869"},"modified":"2022-03-08T16:15:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T22:15:47","slug":"sheriff-east-texas-homeowner-shoots-burglar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1104869","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff: East Texas homeowner shoots burglar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1104870\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/03\/george-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/03\/george-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/03\/george-175x175.png 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/03\/george.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>LONGVIEW &#8212; A man was shot Friday night in Longview while he was reportedly committing a burglary, according to our news partner KETK and a statement from the Harrison County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office. The release said that around 8 p.m. on March 4, deputies were called to a Longview home for a shooting on Juanita Road. When they arrived, they found Matthew Dillon George, of Longview, suffering from a gunshot wound. Detectives soon figured out that he was shot \u00e2\u20ac\u0153while committing burglary,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to the statement. The release said that the homeowner \u00e2\u20ac\u0153verbally gave orders for George to leave, which he refused.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The homeowner then shot George because she was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fearing for her safety.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<!--more--> George was taken to a Tyler hospital, where he was treated, then arrested. George has been charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit assault. Sheriff Brandon Fletcher credited the homeowner for her actions in the shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW &#8212; A man was shot Friday night in Longview while he was reportedly committing a burglary, according to our news partner KETK and a statement from the Harrison County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office. The release said that around 8 p.m. on March 4, deputies were called to a Longview home for a shooting on Juanita Road. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1104869\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sheriff: East Texas homeowner shoots burglar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1104872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/03\/george-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Sheriff: East Texas homeowner shoots burglar","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 07:00:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/03\/george-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Sheriff: East Texas homeowner shoots burglar","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1104869"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1104895,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104869\/revisions\/1104895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1104872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1104869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1104869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1104869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}