A Parker County woman called 911 early Tuesday, saying that her husband was outside, holding a burglar at gunpoint.
"Hurry up now, because my husband's fixing to shoot him," the woman said after giving directions to their house near Springtown.The man with the gun pointed at him had the same idea.He, too, called 911. "He's going to shoot me," he told the operator.The dual 911 calls were made about 12:30 a.m. from the house in the 100 block of Lelon Lane, a spokeswoman for the Parker County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday.When deputies and Springtown police arrived, they found a man, identified only as a 38-year-old resident of the house, holding a gun on a man in a pickup.The resident told officers that he and his wife had awakened earlier to find an intruder wearing dark clothing and a hooded jacket standing in their bedroom.When the resident asked what the intruder was doing, he answered, "Just unlucky, I guess," the officers reported.The intruder ran from the house and got into his pickup, followed by the armed resident, who ordered the man to drop his keys, which he did.The first 911 call came from the wife, Parker County sheriff's Deputy Danie Huffman said Wednesday.The next one came from the man in the pickup.The operator asked his name, and he responded, "Philip Tanner.""Why have they threatened to shoot you?" the operator asked."Because I'm on his property," he said."Were you trying to break into his house?""No.""What were you doing?""I was ... I was walking.""Do you live out there?""No.""OK, I'm going to stay on the phone with you until we get a deputy there. He's not that far off, OK?""Are you sure?""Yes. I'm sure. Just don't move. Tell the gentleman you're on the phone with 911 and I know what's going on and we have a deputy coming. OK?""He's going to shoot me.""No, he's not going to shoot you. Just don't move. Just don't move."She stayed on the line and kept the man talking.And in a few minutes, officers arrived just as she had said.They arrested the man in the pickup, identified not as Philip Tanner, but as Christopher Lance Moore, 41, of Bedford.Moore remained in the Parker County Jail in Weatherford Wednesday night with bail set at $35,000.He faces a charge of burglary of a habitation.The armed resident of the house was not arrested.Domingo Ramirez Jr.817-390-7763Twitter: @mingoramirezjrAudio: Suspected burglar calls 911
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