Man confronts crooks breaking into car in his neighborhood, so they start shooting at him. But he's armed, too — and fires right back.

Seems as though there was a time not too long ago when the average adult could successfully call out punks doing petty crime, and at worst the culprits would run off for fear of getting caught.

But as we've seen in recent years, that scenario appears to be the exception rather than the rule — and those who choose to do the noble thing may be putting their lives at risk.

That's pretty much what went down over the weekend east of downtown Houston.

What happened?
A neighborhood resident told KTRK-TV at least three males broke into a car in the area of Nagle Street and Capitol Street — and he decided to get into his truck and confront them.