Gun owner who said he fired back at crooks gives them a warning: 'Stop the stupidity ... you're going to end up getting hurt'

A Texas gun owner who says he returned fire at break-in suspects early Wednesday morning gave them a stern warning about what their futures might hold if they keep up their lawlessness.

"Stop the stupidity because you're going to end up getting hurt," Greg Willis told KXAS-TV.

What are the details?

Willis told the station his Ring camera outside his Arlington home in the 6100 block of Vancil Drive started going off just before 2 a.m.

"[I] wake up, see someone in my son's car," he recalled to KXAS.

Image source: KXAS-TV video screenshot

Willis added to the station that he and his son went after reportedly three suspects, and at least one of them pulled out a gun and began firing.

"They started shooting at us first, and I returned fire," Willis noted to KXAS.

Willis told the station his son took cover behind a neighbor's truck, which was hit by gunfire.

“I could have been shot, or they could have been shot," Willis added to KXAS, noting it was like something out of the Wild West. "A lot of bullets ringing out."

He also told the station this was the first time he's used his gun in an incident like this and that his adrenaline is still pumping: "I still haven't been to sleep."

"Pretty much now all the neighbors, we are on high alert," Willis added to KXAS.

What happened next?

Police noted to the station that while the suspects ran away, officers set up a perimeter and found two of them hiding in a nearby shed. Police told KXAS they also found a gun and took the two suspects into custody without incident.

Arlington Police said 19-year-old Keaundre Lemon was booked into the Arlington City Jail for criminal trespass along with an outstanding warrant, the station reported. However, a Thursday review of jail records shows no entry for Lemon.

Police also arrested 18-year-old Ahmad Bland for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal trespass, KXAS said, adding that cops noted they're still looking for the third suspect.

While the station said no one was hurt in the shootout, Willis gave a stern warning to the suspects: "You can't run to the well too many times without getting caught. Stop the stupidity because you're going to end up getting hurt."

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