Ethan Rodriguez mentioned he had no selection however to behave when he fired greater than a dozen pictures via an rental door at two males posing as repairs employees who attempted to damage into his Dallas rental unit over the weekend.
The 2 suspects arrived on the unit the place his spouse lives at round 6 p.m. Saturday when one in all them, Aron Contreras, 30, claimed to be a repairs employee who had to get within to test an air conditioner clear out. Rodriguez informed Fox Information Virtual he was once in his spouse’s rental taking part in a online game and his brother, Joshua, was once within the restroom.
Ethan Rodriguez, 20, spoke back the doorbell from his telephone however grew suspicious whilst talking with Contreras and mentioned he wasn’t house.
“I suppose I simply depended on my intestine and did not really feel like answering the door,” he informed Fox Information Virtual. “He did not seem like no employee in any respect.”
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Ethan Rodriguez shot at two suspects who posed as repairs employees and have been making an attempt to kick in his door, Dallas police mentioned. (Fox Dallas)
Mins later, Contreras got here again with a masked guy and each tried to damage down the door through kicking it a number of instances, in step with video photos of the taking pictures. Rodriguez mentioned he had no selection however to grasp his firearm and open fireplace.
“In that example, I simply panicked and informed my brother, ‘Hiya, somebody’s breaking in. We’ve were given to do one thing,'” he mentioned. “I went to grasp my firearm, were given right into a place on the door and every time I noticed that he… broke the door off the hinges, I checked my (doorbell) digital camera and noticed that he was once coming in with a firearm, so, fearing for my existence, I shot on the door.”
Within the video, the bullets have been fired during the rental door and are noticed hanging the outdoor wall of his neighbor’s unit in a hallway. No person was once in that unit on the time of the taking pictures, Rodriguez mentioned.
Probably the most suspects fired two pictures in go back. No person was once injured. Investigators discovered 13 bullet casings that got here from throughout the rental and two extra that have been shot into the unit, the Dallas Police Division record states.
Regardless of opening fireplace to offer protection to himself and his brother, Rodriguez mentioned he was once involved that he may face fees.
Aaron Contreras and some other suspect have been noticed seeking to kick down a door to a Dallas rental unit ahead of the person within, Ethan Rodriguez opened fireplace, police mentioned. (Courtesy of the Rodriguez circle of relatives)
“I used to be fearing taking pictures via my neighbor’s rental,” he mentioned. “It isn’t one thing that I supposed to do, however I used to be fearing for my existence. It was once the one factor I will have carried out.”
Contreras, who was once armed with a handgun, in step with the photos, was once arrested and charged with irritated attack, fatal habits and tried housebreaking of a habitation. He’s being held within the Dallas County prison on a $150,000 bond. Police have now not publicly known the opposite suspect.
Rodriguez famous that Contreras was once wearing clothes that contradicted his declare of being a repairs employee and was once now not dressed in a masks. His face seems obviously at the doorbell video photos.
“It is lovely silly for you to take a look at and rob a space with no masks,” he mentioned. “It is like ‘You might be everywhere the inside track bro.'”
Aaron Contreras, 30, was once arrested after seeking to destroy right into a Dallas rental unit, police mentioned. (Dallas County prison)
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Contreras has a felony historical past courting again to 2013, FOX Dallas reported. He has been arrested and charged with theft and housebreaking a number of instances ahead of.
Rodriguez mentioned his spouse plans to terminate her hire and is searching for a brand new rental.
