Dad shoots man for ‘masturbating’ outside 10-year daughter’s room

A man in Texas, in the United States (US) is recovering in hospital, after he was shot at multiple times. He was allegedly caught peeping on a 10-year-old girl, through her bedroom window while masturbating.

According to a Texan news station, the incident occurred on Sunday evening, 27 June 2021, in Houston. The child’s parents, who have withheld their identity, heard their daughter scream from her room at around 22:00 after seeing the man lurking outside their house.

“She looks over at the window and this guy is at her window. He took my daughter’s innocence away,” the mother told the news channel KTRK-TV.

Texas couple take on possible paedophile

According to a local sheriff’s office, the couple, who are both registered gun holders, took out their firearms before heading outside to confront the man. The father is then alleged to have ordered the man to lie down, while they wait for police to come.

The man apparently refused and walked across the street to a nearby petrol station. The couple then followed him. The child’s mother then stayed to watch over the man (at gunpoint) while her husband went to call the police.

Things went wrong when, at some point, the man started wrestling with the woman for her gun. He eventually managed to overpower her and pointed the firearm right back at her. When her husband took notice of what was unfolding, he ran outside and fired at the man out of fear for the safety of his wife.

“We didn’t want this guy to get shot. We were waiting for police to detain him because I’m pretty sure if he did this to my children, he’s doing it to a lot of other children out here,” the woman said.

Despite the events, the woman has said that they are praying for both the suspect and his family. It isn’t clear where exactly he was shot, but he is apparently in a serious but stable condition.