Posted on 01/29/2016 9:51:42 PM PST by Spktyr
Police shot and killed a suspected armed robber as he left an Irving cash advance store with a hostage Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Police said they were called to the Cash Store on Esters Boulevard and State Highway 183 at about 1:15 p.m.
When officers arrived, they said a man exited the store with a female employee he was holding hostage.
Two officers opened fire on the man, killing him. The woman was not injured, police said.
"We obviously couldn't permit the suspect to leave with her. Her life was in grave danger. In fact she expressed that toward us, that she felt her life was in danger," said Officer James McLellan, with the Irving Police Department. "She was grateful we were able to intervene. So that's a good ending as far as that goes. There's no harm to her. Our officers did actually an excellent job in preventing any more loss of life."
Christopher Daniels was a customer in the store with his wife at the time of the alleged robbery.
"I did hear him very clearly say, 'Do you think I'm playing?' You know, 'Make another move and I'll kill her,' and things like that," Daniels said.
Daniels said he thought police did what they had to do.
"Exactly what they needed to do. As far as I'm concerned, they saved all of our lives," he said.
Yousef Hajj owns Comfy Furniture near the cash advance business and recorded video of the officers fatally shooting the suspected robber.
"I just immediately pulled out my phone. I started videotaping. All I see is a man, he's holding a lady hostage, he's pulling her out, he's bringing her outside," Hajj said. "There was two cops over here. They're telling him, you know, 'Please drop down the gun. Put it down. Leave her alone. Don't do nothing stupid,' pretty much."
Hajj said the man appeared to be dangerous, and the woman was scared for her life.
"She was pretty terrified. I mean, she was looking death in the face. The man looked over to his left, and the next thing, he was down. He got shot right there and then," Hajj said. "It was so quick. Things happened so fast. This whole place was stormed with police."
Further details have not yet been released and the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
When Texas cops tell you to drop the weapon and let your hostage go? Do it.
My wife and I drove past there this evening on our way to a movie at the theater across the highway. We saw a bunch of flashing lights and didn’t know what it was, but when we passed it and saw all the “Police Crime Scene” yellow tape and that it was a check cashing store, I said, “I bet someone tried to rob it and somebody got shot, either the robber or the clerk.” This confirms that I was right. Glad it wasn’t the clerk.
Yup!...the 10 ring gets as big as a “punkin” with a rifle...Not so much with a pistol..
**ping**
And you may want to ping the rest of the TX list.
Will ping...the only good bad guy......
Windflier, you might want to ping your list, too! :)
Looks like the Irving Police Department saved you and your fellow Texans some money.
No costly trial, years of incarceration, court appointed attorneys, etc.
Well done Irving PD.
Yup - play stupid games, win stupid prizes. :)
I sure hope that the red car and white car were not scratched.
The owner of a check cashing business on 8 th Street in Odessa was robbed as he was bringing in money from his bank a few months ago. He chased the vermin and got into a shootin scrape. Scratch one criminal.
A cop that can shoot! Kudos!!
Happy ending - #ThugLivesDon’tMatter.
And as an extra bonus they think he was the same guy that targeted a number of other stores in the same area. So all those crimes cleared up at the same time.
And that’s how it’s done downtown!
For later.
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“he dead”
Thanks for sharing this! Gotta love Texas police! They got their man!
Amen, good work. My home town Irving Texas - was home for Christmas, one of my joys on those trips is to drive around town the old house on Wanda St - and my old schools and Church, there was never a better time to grow up than the 50s and 60s
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