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Wrecker Driver Opens Fire On 2 Men

Man Tells Police Men Tried To Steal Truck

POSTED: Thursday, April 28, 2005

A wrecker driver opened fire Thursday morning outside a southwest Houston restaurant after he said two men tried to steal his truck.

Richmond at Fondren, southwest Houston

Police said the wrecker driver claimed the two men jumped into his tow truck at about 12:30 a.m. when he stopped at a restaurant on Richmond at Fondren.

The wrecker driver told police that was when he pulled out his gun and shot at the men. Neither man was injured.

Police questioned the wrecker driver and the two men but did not arrest anyone.

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