Dallas Reporter's Ambush Interview Outrages Many
Reporter Rebecca Aguilar of Fox KDFW-TV in Dallas "ambushed" 70-year-old James Walton as he walked to his car. She stood over him, berating him for shooting and killing someone who tried to break into his house, asking, "Are you a trigger happy kind of person? Is that what what you wanted to do? Shoot to kill?" James Walton was reduced to tears, while she looked down on him with what appeared to be indifference.
The outrage by viewers over Aguilar's treatment of Walton resulted in her suspension by the station.
Here's the background: Walton, owner of Able Walton Machine & Welding in the 2000 block of Chalk Hill Road in West Dallas, was alerted to the intruder when his motion sensor system activated about 9 a.m. Sunday, police said. This, after 42 calls to police about previous burglaries.
Walton, who also lives at his business, went downstairs with a shotgun and fired at a man who had broken in. The intruder was later identified by police as Jimmy Gannon of Ferris.
Walton noticed another man outside his property last Sunday. Walton shot and wounded that man. The man escaped, but a witness eventually led police to him. The man, whom police did not immediately identify, was questioned by officers Sunday afternoon.
Police said Walton is allowed to protect his property. No charges were filed against him Sunday, though the case will be referred to a grand jury, police said.
"He's got a right to defend his property. What gives a stranger the right to go in and vandalize or burglarize his business?" said Dallas police Sgt. Gene Reyes. "He's within every legal right to do this."
On September 22nd, Walton shot and killed a man he saw climbing through a pried-open window of his business, police said. The intruder was later identified as Raul Laureles. That incident also was referred to a grand jury.
Aguilar recently was named one of the National Association for Hispanic Journalists' Broadcast Journalists of the Year.
The outrage by viewers over Aguilar's treatment of Walton resulted in her suspension by the station.
Here's the background: Walton, owner of Able Walton Machine & Welding in the 2000 block of Chalk Hill Road in West Dallas, was alerted to the intruder when his motion sensor system activated about 9 a.m. Sunday, police said. This, after 42 calls to police about previous burglaries.
Walton, who also lives at his business, went downstairs with a shotgun and fired at a man who had broken in. The intruder was later identified by police as Jimmy Gannon of Ferris.
Walton noticed another man outside his property last Sunday. Walton shot and wounded that man. The man escaped, but a witness eventually led police to him. The man, whom police did not immediately identify, was questioned by officers Sunday afternoon.
Police said Walton is allowed to protect his property. No charges were filed against him Sunday, though the case will be referred to a grand jury, police said.
"He's got a right to defend his property. What gives a stranger the right to go in and vandalize or burglarize his business?" said Dallas police Sgt. Gene Reyes. "He's within every legal right to do this."
On September 22nd, Walton shot and killed a man he saw climbing through a pried-open window of his business, police said. The intruder was later identified as Raul Laureles. That incident also was referred to a grand jury.
Aguilar recently was named one of the National Association for Hispanic Journalists' Broadcast Journalists of the Year.
Labels: 2nd Amendment, Armed Citizen, Gun Rights, KDFW-TV, Rebecca Aguilar, Social Mores
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