Teenager shot dead during botched burglary

[Medusa]

Published: Tuesday November 16, 2010 MYT 3:33:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday November 16, 2010 MYT 7:13:12 PM

Teenager shot dead during botched burglary (Updated)

By RASHITHA A. HAMID

PETALING JAYA: A teenager attempting to burgle a house paid with his life - the 17-year-old was shot dead by the 72-year-old house owner. In the 9.40am incident Tuesday, R. Jeevan and an accomplice had entered the double-storey house in Jalan SS8, Kelana Jaya, here, while two others waited outside in a car.

The two suspects, armed with parangs, climbed over the gate before breaking the front grille to gain entry to the house. According to Selangor deputy CID chief Asst Comm Khaw Kok Chin, the two burglars then warned the Cambodian maid, who was downstairs, to keep quiet. He said the house owner, who was upstairs, heard the noise and came down, holding a pump gun.

The man, a retiree, shot the teenager as he was trying to charge up the stairs brandishing the parang. "His partner escaped immediately after the teenager was shot," ACP Khaw said, adding that the suspect, who managed to steal two handphones, fled in the car. The house owner called the police and the teenager, who was seriously injured, was rushed to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, where he was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit.

However, ACP Khaw said the teenager, who was shot in the ribs, succumbed to his injury an hour later. The house owner was at home with his two grandchildren, aged eight and 10, maid and another family member when the incident transpired. ACP Khaw said no one else was hurt. When asked, ACP Khaw said the house owner had a licence to own the pump gun but refused to elaborate further.

It is learnt that Jeevan was a school dropout and had been arrested twice before for car theft and robbery. According to his mother, known only as Vanaja, Jeevan was the eldest of four children and was misled by bad company. "He had just joined a lorry company but did not go to work today. His friends came to pick him up in the morning," she said, adding that she received a call from the police at 11am informing her of her son's death.

 

[Maeda Keiji]

Robbery suspect shot dead


Wednesday November 17, 2010

Robbery suspect shot dead

By RASHITHA A. HAMID
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PETALING JAYA: A teenager attempting to commit a robbery paid with his life – he was shot dead by the 72-year-old house owner. In the 9.40am incident yesterday, R. Jeevan, 17, and an accomplice had entered the double-storey house in Jalan SS8/8, Sungai Way here, while three others waited outside in a car. The two suspects brandishing machetes climbed over the gate before breaking the front grille to gain entry to the house.

High drama: Policemen checking the house where the 17-year-old robbery suspect was shot by the owner after he had broken into the house.

Selangor deputy CID chief Asst Comm Khaw Kok Chin said the duo then warned the Cambodian maid who was downstairs to keep quiet. He said the house owner, who was upstairs, heard the noise and came down brandishing a pump gun. The man, a retiree, shot Jeevan as he was trying to climb the stairs.

“His partner fled after Jeevan was shot,” ACP Khaw said, adding that the suspect, who managed to steal two handphones, escaped in the car. The house owner called the police and the teenager, who was seriously injured, was rushed to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre where he was admitted to the intensive care unit.

The 72-year-old house owner (right) assisting the police.

ACP Khaw said the teenager, who was shot in the ribs, died at about 11am. The house owner was at home with his two grandchildren, aged eight and 10, maid and another family member when the incident happened. ACP Khaw said no one else was hurt and police did not seize the pump gun as the house owner had a valid licence. He declined to elaborate. It was learnt that Jeevan, a school dropout, had been arrested twice before for car theft and robbery.

His mother, known only as Vanaja, said Jeevan was the eldest of four children and was misled by bad company. He joined a lorry company several weeks ago but did not go to work yesterday. “His friends came in a car and fetched him today (Tuesday) morning but he did not tell me where they were going,” she said when met at the mortuary. Vanaja received a call at 11am from the police informing her about the incident and her son’s death.

 

[Maeda Keiji]

Retiree in burglar shooting case had ‘practice’


Thursday November 18, 2010

Retiree in burglar shooting case had ‘practice’

PETALING JAYA: The retiree who shot the burglar in his home on Tuesday used to be armed against jungle predators. The 72-year-old shot and killed the teenager with a pump gun he had owned for 40 years. “I used to work in a timber company in the jungle and had the gun as protection from wild animals,” the retiree said. “When I heard unusual noises coming from downstairs, I reached for my gun.

While I was moving down the stairs, a man suddenly appeared in front of me with a machete and I had to open fire in self-defence.” R. Jeevan, a 17-year-old school dropout, was shot dead after breaking into the house in Jalan SS8/8 in Sungai Way here. Jeevan and an accomplice had warned the maid to remain silent. None of the occupants of the house was injured during the 9.40am incident.

Meanwhile, the accomplice who escaped had been arrested, said Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed. He said the jobless 21-year-old was detained in his house in Puchong on Tuesday midnight. “The suspect was remanded at the Petaling Jaya magistrate court for seven days to facilitate investigations,” he said. He added that police were on the lookout for more suspects.

Selangor acting police chief Datuk A. Thaiveegan said Jeevan’s death could have been avoided. “Parents and society as a whole played a part in this youth’s unnecessary death. If he had been taught to respect the law, had the full support and care of his family as well as concern from society, then he might never have turned to crime,” he said.