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Don’t mess with these Texas parents.<\/p>\n
A husband and wife in Houston chased down an alleged “peeping Tom” lurking outside their 10-year-old daughter’s bedroom window — and shot him, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The couple said they heard their daughter scream late Sunday when she spotted the man touching himself, local reports said.<\/p>\n
“She looks over at the window and this guy is at her window,” the girl\u2019s mother, who asked not to be identified, told KPRC-TV. <\/p>\n
“He took my daughter\u2019s innocence away.”<\/p>\n
Armed with handguns, the parents rushed out of their house and went after the creep, who was apparently intoxicated, the reports said.<\/p>\n
The father said that he and his wife ordered the sicko to lie down in the yard and wait for police to arrive — but the man refused and walked to a nearby gas station.<\/p>\n
The couple followed him, and the dad went inside the station to call 911 while the mom held up the suspect outside.<\/p>\n
But the perp allegedly wrestled the gun out of the woman’s hands and pointed it at her — which is when her husband shot him, according to the reports.<\/p>\n
The suspect was hit at least three times and was at a hospital in critical but stable condition, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. His name has not been released. <\/p>\n
Deputies said the incident will be referred to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to be reviewed by a grand jury. Officials noted that both the mom and dad are licensed handgun carriers. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t want this guy to get shot,” the mom told KPRC-TV. “We were waiting for police to detain him because I\u2019m pretty sure if he did this to my children, he\u2019s doing it to a lot of other children out here.”<\/p>\n
She added: “We are praying for the suspect and we are also praying for his family.\u201d<\/p>\n