The Fort Worth woman who shot and killed an intruder to protect her rental property and her four daughters gives an exclusive interview with FOX 4’s Shaun Rabb about what happened.
A 14-year-old boy lost his life in a tragic incident. The case has been forwarded to a grand jury for additional review, and no charges have been brought by the police.
Aleah Wallace reveals that she bought a gun to protect her family after discovering a string of burglaries.
The other break-ins happened when the victims weren’t around. Still, on December 14th, someone attempted to enter on two different occasions.
“As I was sweeping the floor in my living room, I heard my window opening again. Wallace remembered. “I went and stood in the hallway after that. And he was standing at the window, raising it, as I could see. I just fired.
The 14-year-old Devin Baker was tragically killed by gunshots on the morning of December 14. At that moment, Devin was standing at Wallace’s 8-year-old daughter’s bedroom window.
“I find it bothersome that he was a child,” she remarked.
Wallace had called 911 to report an attempted break-in at her duplex, and the incident happened soon after the police had left her home.
At 1:22 a.m., I gave them a call. She spoke for about twenty minutes. She recalled that after they completed a report and took pictures of everything, they departed.
Wallace claims that she was the victim of four burglary attempts before the most recent one. She’s going to be facing eviction on top of everything else.
“I kept calling the apartments to report that someone was breaking in, but they told me I was not allowed to have a gun at all,” the resident said. They told me I couldn’t own a gun and I had to leave within 30 days,” she remarked. “I feel like I’m starting over from scratch. After six years there, I’m at a loss for what to do.
A grand jury is being presented with the case. Wallace makes it clear that she wants to protect her family.
“I have four daughters in my family. My four daughters and I are the only ones who reside there. All I was doing was guarding my girls,” she remarked. “I can’t believe he was 14 years old.” I detest that. I really do. I apologize profusely. But I had to consider my babies at that moment. When he was on the other side of that window, I had no idea he was fourteen. All I knew was that my children or I could be harmed by someone entering my home. That concludes it.
Wallace lived in government-subsidized housing, and it seems that there are no legal prohibitions on gun ownership among those who live in such housing. Nor were there any signs on the property that indicated that.
Wallace is concerned that finding new housing would be challenging if she were to be evicted.
