Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Houston, Texas

From Houston’s Click2Houston.com of April 6, 2005
2 Robbery Suspects Shot In Store Shootout

1 Gunman Dead At Scene; 1 Wounded

An off-duty police officer and a manager at a southeast Houston pawnshop shot two gunmen during an attempted robbery, authorities told Local 2.

The Brookside Village police officer was working an extra job at the Magnolia Pawn Shop on Evergreen at Lawndale when four armed men tried to rob the store shortly after 2 p.m., officials said. Gunfire was exchanged and two of the suspected robbers were hit.

Investigators said one gunman died at the scene. Three others escaped, but one of them is believed to have received a gunshot wound to the stomach.

Blood, bullets and glass were scattered throughout the store, police tell Local 2.

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