Surveillance footage shows Texas boy taking cover from drive-by shooting

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

[twodogsbarking]

1. I don't think more guns is the answer.

[OldBaldy1701E]

2. Gods, no!

Intelligence is the answer. Which means, we are royally boned.

[ret5hd]

3. at 9, isn't he capable of taking...

up a tactical position in the attic with his BAR? Or flanking the attackers, taking out the weaker side (hey, nobody’s suggesting he should go head-on against them) then make a strategic retreat, drawing them in to an area where he has the advantage? And jeez…let’s not kid ourselves…here he is walking around in broad daylight in his own home without his body armor on. And his protection animals obviously haven’t been trained well.

i dunno…maybe he’ll learn a lesson from this.

[IronLionZion]

4. If only that boy had a gun to defend himself

If only there was something we could do about gun violence other than more guns.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. He is lucky there was a washer / dryer in the living room. You can hear bullets pinging off it.

unusual to have washer / dryer in that location. that saved his life.

[Martin68]

6. Looking out the window? That's not properly "taking cover."

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. the bullets are still flying, he looks out but then runs.

[Martin68]

8. I suggest that if firearms are being discharged in the vicinity, you should retreat to an inner room with no windows -

such as a bathroom - and lie on the floor in the fetal position to offer the smallest possible profile possible. Running outside offers the perpetrators an easy target, and I doubt people planning a home invasion would be shooting off their guns outside to warn their victims ahead of time. I'm just being realistic and practical. That kid was risking his life presenting his face to a window. Even if he wasn't hit by a bullet, he could be scarred for life by broken glass.

[MagickMuffin]

9. I never saw him looking out the window

Can you provide me with the timestamp so I can see what you are seeing?


I saw him take cover on the couch and after the gunfire he runs through the interior of their apartment.

[Martin68]

10. No time stamp needed. The initial frame pictured before you even start the video show him looking over the arm of the

couch with the light from the window on his face. In fact, most of his body is brightly lit by the window. Can't you see that?