A Texas mother of four fatally shot a teenage home invader who tried to break into her daughter’s bedroom window and now faces deportation as the case heads to a grand jury.
Aleah Wallace, 25, said she was cleaning her living room when she heard someone, identified as Devin Baker, 14, try to break into her rental home around 3 a.m. on Dec. 14, according to Fox 4.
“I left, and I was standing in the hallway. And I could see him standing at the window, picking him up. I just shot,” Wallace told the outlet.
It was the second time Wallace’s home had been targeted by burglars in less than 24 hours.
The teenager allegedly tried to sneak through the window of Wallace’s 8-year-old daughter, according to the outlet.
Baker, who also lived with his family at the apartment complex, died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.
Fort Worth police said they have not filed any charges against Wallace to protect his family.
The concerned mother shared she recently bought a gun to protect her family after she made four attempted burglaries before the shooting.
“I have four daughters. Only me and my four daughters live there. I was just protecting my daughter,” Wallace said.
The grieving mother said she was “sad because she’s 14,” but “I had to think about my baby.”
“I didn’t know he was 14 when he was on the other side of that window. All I know is that someone could come in and hurt me or my kids. That all.”
Wallace said when he saw the unknown suspect trying to break in, he feared for his daughter’s safety and opened fire.
Fort Worth police have not filed any charges against Wallace.
Wallace, who lives in subsidized housing, received the earth-shattering news that he would be evicted from the property for possessing a gun.
“The apartments called and told me I shouldn’t have a gun at all, even though I kept calling them and telling them there was a break-in. They told me I couldn’t have a gun, and I had 30 days to vacate. ,” Wallace told Fox 4.
A bullet hole was visible in Wallace’s 8-year-old daughter’s bedroom window.
“I feel like I’m back where I came from. I was there for six years, and now I don’t know what to do.”
Fox 4 reports that there is no law that says residents in government-subsidized housing cannot own firearms, and there is no sign posted on the property that says so.
The Post has contacted the complex.
Wallace fears the eviction could prevent him from finding other housing.
Baker’s mother, Latoiya Landers, said her son was a good kid with dreams of starting a clothing line.
“He used to tell me, ‘Mamma, look. I’m going to make something for myself,’” Landers told the Star-Telegram Friday. “I told him, ‘Yeah, you are, but you’re going to keep going to school, too.'”
The shooting is expected to be reviewed by a Texas grand jury.
More than 2,000 break-ins/break-ins have occurred in the Fort Worth area since the beginning of 2023, according to the Fort Worth Police Department.
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