Alamo, Texas

From July 2, 2005 McAllen, Texas The Monitor: ALAMO — Two suspects are in the hospital with gunshot wounds after the attempted robbery of a fireworks stand Thursday night, and a third suspect was arrested at the hospital after trying to visit his wounded friends.

According to Lt. Armando Campos of the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department, three men tried at 10:22 p.m. to rob A’s Fireworks stand north of Trenton Road on Tower Road.

Two of the three men got out of a vehicle, and one of those snatched a television set from the fireworks stand counter, Campos said. Then the other man aggressively approached the clerk with a screwdriver in his hand and demanded money, he said.

The clerk, who was not identified, shot the screwdriver-wielding suspect with a handgun as he came toward him.

Startled, the man with the television bolted to the getaway car, and he and the driver took off, Campos said.

The wounded suspect, whose name has not yet been released because he has not been arraigned, was arrested at the site of the self-defense shooting, Campos said. He was taken to McAllen Medical Center for treatment.