Customer Shoots, Kills Auto Shop Robber
2 Other Robbers Flee Scene; No Other Injuries Reported
POSTED: 8:08 am CST January 22,
2004
UPDATED: 9:09 am CST January 22,
2004
HOUSTON -- A customer caught in the middle of a store robbery Wednesday night fought back, killing one of the suspected robbers.
Police told News2Houston three men wearing masks, carrying guns, kicked in the front door of Pawn's Tire and Wheelz on West Little York at Stuebner Airline in north Houston around 6:30 p.m.
"One of the suspects went to the rear of the business. There was a shooting between one of the customers and a suspect," Houston Police Department investigator Steve Straughter said.The other two robbers ran away.Several other customers were in the business at the time, but none of them were injured.
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