{"id":297427,"date":"2014-04-10T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T21:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=297427"},"modified":"2014-04-11T16:56:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T21:56:19","slug":"authorities-investigate-fatal-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=297427","title":{"rendered":"Authorities: Homeowner Kills Armed Individual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/04\/thumb_Van-Zandt-County-Sheriffs-Dept.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/04\/thumb_Van-Zandt-County-Sheriffs-Dept.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_Van-Zandt-County-Sheriffs-Dept\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-297496\" \/><\/a>BEN WHEELER &#8212; Van Zandt County authorities say an armed man was killed by a homeowner Wednesday night.  According to a county press release, during the late night hours, the Sheriff\u2019s Office and Precinct 4 Constable Pat Jordan responded to a shooting near Ben Wheeler.  Upon arrival, sheriff\u2019s investigators say they determined that around 10:30 p.m. an individual later identified as Michael Todd Brown, 40, of Canton, drove to the home, apparently got out of his vehicle, and began randomly shooting a 9mm handgun and threatening the homeowner.  The homeowner advised deputies that Brown had been at the home earlier and had been instructed to leave the property and not return.  Investigators believe Brown returned to the home intending to assault the homeowner.  <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>After hearing the shooting outside his home, investigators believe the homeowner went outside and confronted the armed intruder in the front yard in a second effort to make him leave the property. Brown, who was on probation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, is believed by peace officers to have been under the influence of methamphetamine. According to investigators, Brown seemingly attempted to lure the homeowner into a confrontation.  Investigators believe the homeowner was forced into a life-threatening altercation requiring him to shoot the intruder.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Rangers were called in to assist the Sheriff\u2019s Office with the ongoing investigation.<br \/>\nVan Zandt County Sheriff Michael Lindsey Ray stated, \u201cIt is sad and unfortunate that another law-abiding citizen was forced into a situation wherein he had to shoot and kill another individual in self-defense. It\u2019s becoming painfully apparent that decent people are tired of the drug addicts, the drug dealers, burglars, rapists and thieves who wreak havoc in our community.\u201d  Officials say the case will be forwarded to the Van Zandt County Criminal District Attorney\u2019s Office for grand jury referral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEN WHEELER &#8212; Van Zandt County authorities say an armed man was killed by a homeowner Wednesday night. According to a county press release, during the late night hours, the Sheriff\u2019s Office and Precinct 4 Constable Pat Jordan responded to a shooting near Ben Wheeler. Upon arrival, sheriff\u2019s investigators say they determined that around 10:30 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=297427\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Authorities: Homeowner Kills Armed Individual<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 18:14:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297427","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297427"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297497,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297427\/revisions\/297497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}