{"id":304225,"date":"2026-05-22T08:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304225\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:10:14","slug":"dallas-felon-arrested-after-allegedly-shooting-14-year-old-inside-vacant-pleasant-grove-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304225\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas felon arrested after allegedly shooting 14-year-old inside vacant Pleasant Grove home"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

A 14-year-old is recovering after 66-year-old Victor Burnett allegedly opened fire on two teenagers inside a vacant Pleasant Grove home on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Burnett was caught with a shotgun and a stolen pistol after a witness photographed his truck’s license plate following the shooting.<\/p>\n

The home builder confirmed Burnett was contracted for security or mowing but did not clarify if he was authorized to protect the property.<\/p>\n

DALLAS – A 14-year-old who lives in Pleasant Grove is at a children’s hospital recovering after he was struck by a shotgun round.<\/p>\n

The injured teen was shot about a quarter mile away from his home. Police say the teenager ran while bleeding in his home, where his family called 911 frantic to get him to a hospital.<\/p>\n

Felon arrested after teen shot in Pleasant Grove\"\"<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

66-year-ikd Victor Burnett is facing multiple aggravated assault charges and also unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.<\/p>\n

It’s the latest in a lengthy arrest history for Burnett in Dallas County.<\/p>\n

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Burnett is accused of shooting two teens who were inside a vacant home in Pleasant Grove on Tuesday evening around 7pm.<\/p>\n

Police say a 14-year-old boy was struck and ran back home on Godfrey Avenue. His 15-year-old friend took off in a different direction across the family’s front porch, and was caught on RING video.<\/p>\n

\"\"Witness photo and flock cameras lead to suspect\"\"<\/p>\n

Dig deeper<\/p>\n

A second call to police came in from a witness, stating they saw Burnett with a shotgun getting into a green Dodge pick-up truck parked in the grass field.<\/p>\n

This witness is key in the investigation, taking a picture of Burnett’s license plate before he took off.<\/p>\n

Flagged by a flock camera just a few miles away, Burnett was then taken into custody of Jim Miller Road.<\/p>\n

Suspect claims teens were trespassing\"\"<\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

According to Burnett’s arrest warrant affidavit, he told police, “juveniles were constantly breaking into vacant\/unoccupied new-built homes.”<\/p>\n

The 15-year-old, who was not shot, admitted to police they were inside the vacant house and said, “Burnett entered the home, and then they heard a gunshot.”<\/p>\n

Thats when “they together jumped out of one of the windows of the bedrooms and ran together and that is when his friend was shot.”<\/p>\n

Relationship with Victor Burnett<\/p>\n

What’s next<\/p>\n

FOX 4 checked out the vacant home on Thursday and multiple windows were damaged, one clearly with a bullet marker from police.<\/p>\n

Also, outside the new build, cameras and a sign that says \u2018No Trespassing\u2019, in the middle of construction, are being built by Robbie Hale Homes. The builder told FOX 4 over the phone on Thursday, that Burnett isn’t employed at the company, but confirmed he has been contracted out to mow lawns or provide security.<\/p>\n

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The suspect, Victor Burnet, was brought back to police headquarters. A quick search by police, and they learned he’d been convicted of sexual assault and therefore is not permitted by law to own a firearm.<\/p>\n

Police say they found a shotgun and a stolen pistol in his truck.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information in this article was provided by FOX 4’s Peyton Yager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A 14-year-old is recovering after 66-year-old Victor Burnett allegedly opened fire on two teenagers inside a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[72645,102,104,103,8356,110109],"class_list":["post-304225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-burnett","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-pleasant-grove","tag-victor-burnett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}