Talkative Parrot Leads To Death Of Burglar

A Parrot chirping 'hello' woke up his Texas owner who found and then shot dead the burglar in his garage.

"I guess you could call him a stool pigeon", owner Dennis Baker told a Dallas news station.

It was the fifth time the house, which is also ironically used as a locksmith shop, was broken into this month.

So when Baker woke to the sounds of Salvador, his red-headed parrot, saying "hello, hello" he knew something was wrong.

Baker grabbed his gun and shot the burglar in his garage and the man died in the hospital.

"I have tools in my garage, my house and my van," Baker said. "They were coming here like they owned the place. I hate what happened, but somebody has to do what's necessary."

Texas has few restrictions on people confronting intruders in their home, or business and citizens can respond with deadly force.

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