San Antonio, Texas

From San Antonio’s KSAT.com of December 18, 2006

Would-Be Robber Fatally Shot Inside Convenience Store

Police are trying to figure out if a man who showed up at a hospital with a fatal gunshot wound is the same person who tried to hold up a convenience store.

Police said that two armed people who had their faces covered walked into Evans Ice House at 2908 Mission Road and demanded money from a clerk.

The clerk, though, didn't comply with the would-be robbers' demands and instead opened fire on them, police said.

A little later, a man showed up at Southeast Baptist Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest.

He was then transferred to Wilford Hall Medical Center, where he died.

Some women who showed up with the man at the hospital are being questioned by police. No arrests have been made.

The clerk will not face charges since police considered the actions to be in self-defense.

From the MySanAntonio.com of December 19, 2006

Shooting latest woe for Evan's Ice House

One month after neighborhood leaders protested the renewal of a beer license for a popular South Side ice house, police said the owner defended himself against a would-be robber when he shot and killed a man armed with a sawed-off shotgun.
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At about 1:30 a.m. Monday, Evans was in a back office getting ready to close the ice house when his stepfather and a female employee ran in screaming that two people with guns were robbing the bar, a police report said.

Evans, who has a concealed handgun license, grabbed his gun and headed out of his office. He was about to open a door leading to the main bar when it swung open and he came face to face with a man and the barrel of the shotgun, according to his account and the report.

"The way we were confronted, I had no choice," said a shaken Evans on Monday afternoon.

The report said Evans fired a shot he said struck the man's chest. The man ran out of the bar. Evans fired again, striking the man in the back. He also fired at a woman who'd entered the bar allegedly brandishing a .32-caliber handgun, but missed.

The pair fled the scene in a vehicle driven by another woman and went to a hospital.

The man later died at Wilford Hall Medical Center, according to the Bexar County medical examiner's office. Authorities identified him as Kevin Bryant, 28.

The car's suspected driver, Vianca Dehoyos, 22, and Debra Flores, 28, who police think entered the bar with Bryant, were both in Bexar County Jail on Monday, charged with aggravated robbery. Each had a bond of $25,000.

No charges have been filed against Evans. Police said he acted in self-defense.