A single mom of four children says she is being evicted from her apartment in Fort Worth for shooting and killing a 14-year-old alleged home intruder, but the community is stepping up to help her family.
Aleah Wallace told KDFW-TV that she was devastated by hearing the news that she had killed a teenager but added that she was only trying to protect her children.
“I have four daughters. It’s just me and my four daughters that stay there. I just was protecting my daughters,” said Wallace.
“I’m devastated that he was 14. I hate that. I literally do. And I’m so sorry,” she added. “But at that point, I had to think about my babies. I didn’t know he was 14 when he was on the other side of that window. All I knew was that somebody could come in and hurt me or my kids. That’s it.”
She says that her rental home had been broken into a number of times before she decided to get a gun.
On December 14, she said that she called the police after someone broke into her home. They investigated the matter and left 30 minutes later. That’s when she says the burglar returned.
“I was cleaning my living room sweeping my floor, and I heard my window start going back up,” Wallace said. “So I went, and I stood in the hallway. And I could see him standing at the window, lifting it up. I just shot.”
Police found 14-year-old Devin Baker with a gunshot wound just outside of the bedroom window of Wallace’s 8-year-old daughter.
Wallace has not yet been charged for the incident, but police have sent the case to a grand jury for possible charges.
She is also being evicted from the apartments over possession of the gun.
“The apartments called and told me that I was not supposed to have a gun at all, even though I kept calling them and telling them somebody was breaking in. They told me I could not have a gun, and I have 30 days to vacate,” she added.
“I feel like I’m back at square one,” Wallace continued. “I was there for six years, and now I don’t know what to do.”
Wallace has received overwhelming support from many on social media. She also opened a GoFundMe campaign and it has received over $53,000 in donations.
“This situation alone has been very traumatic for my family, but in addition to this, I have been evicted from my apartment for exercising my second amendment rights,” she wrote on the donation page.
Baker’s family released balloons in memory of the boy in front of the middle school where he attended.
Here’s the interview with Wallace:
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