Alleged car burglars scurry away in a hurry after Texas man confronts them with AR-15: 'I’m just not taking it anymore'

A Texas man says he scared away a group of car burglars with his AR-15 and offered a warning to anyone else who might try the same at his neighborhood.

Terry Willis told KHOU-TV that he was alerted to the presence of strangers by his surveillance cameras at his home in Cypress, a suburb of Houston.

There had been previous reports of car break-ins in the neighborhood, so Willis grabbed his AR-15 rifle and went outside.

Surveillance video showed the suspected burglars were going around the parked cars and pulling on door handles to see if any were left open.

"I had a UTV that was on the back of the truck, hooked to it, and they had got up into the side-by-side and were trying to take it off of the trailer," Willis said.

The video shows Willis walking outside with his rifle. He said that he warned the suspects, and they ran off in a hurry.

"I told them, I said, I don’t think you want to do this," said Willis. "I racked the bolt back, put the shell in the chamber."

Video shows them scurrying away.

"They were leaving and that was what I wanted, I wanted them away from here, I don’t want to kill somebody but if it comes to that to protect my family, I will," Willis said.

He went on to say that he had a lot of experience with guns.

"For approximately 20 years, I’ve had a concealed weapons permit. I’ve also been through hunter safety courses. I’ve built guns. I've built the ARs," he explained.

No property was damaged and no one was injured in the incident, but police are seeking help from the public to identify the suspects.

Willis also had a warning for anyone else who might come to his neighborhood looking to commit burglary.

"I’ve worked for 40 years of my life. Everything that I’ve got ... never stole anything and I’m just not taking it anymore," he said.

"This isn’t the place to come because we’re tired of it," Willis concluded.

Here's the video of the incident:

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