A Texas man is facing felony charges after allegedly trying to set his neighbors’ homes in the Houston suburb of Katy on fire and threatening one woman and a cop with a sword.
Surveillance video captured 46-year-old Phi Le Nguyen pouring gasoline on his neighbor Jackie Gray’s driveway and home before the affected areas were set on fire.
Gray told local news outlets in Houston that her home surveillance system detected motion outside her home on Wednesday, Oct. 23. She went outside to find Nguyen armed with a Samurai-style sword known as a katana. She also saw a smoking gasoline can right next to her home.
“So you setting the place on fire where I live at?” Gray is heard asking Nguyen on security footage. “I just saw you and I got cameras.”
“Yeah? What you gonna do?” Nguyen responds.
“Oh my God. I got my kids in the house!” Gray exclaims.
Before targeting Gray’s home, Nguyen was also caught on camera walking to another neighbor’s home with a gasoline can. That home was also set on fire.