A Texas grandmother shot dead an armed man who tried to rob her soul food truck, report says

Insider.com ^ | 04/02/2023 | Alia Shoaib

[simpson96]

A Texas grandmother shot dead an armed man who tried to rob her family-owned food truck in a Houston parking lot on Tuesday.

Keshondra Howard Turner, 53, was cooking soul food inside her "Elite Eats and Cold Treats" truck when a 23-year-old man drove up and asked what food was being served, according to Houston police Lt Bryan Bui, KHOU-11 TV reported.

After Turner told him, the man suddenly pulled out a gun, exited his car, and demanded cash.

Turner shut the truck's window, but the man forced it open, stuck his weapon inside, and tried to fire at her.

The gun jammed, and Turner, who has a handgun license, drew her own weapon and shot the would-be robber several times.

The man stumbled about 50 feet away before collapsing, and authorities later found him and pronounced him dead.

After the shooting, Turner suffered from a panic attack and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Police say the grandmother is not expected to be charged as she fired her weapon in self-defense, KHOU reported.

The woman's son told KHOU that he believed the incident had been saved due to "divine intervention."

"She's a Godly woman; that's why the gun jammed - because God jammed it," he said.

"My momma is a great person, you know? Good-hearted, looking out for everybody. She'd give the shirt off her back," he said, adding that she would not have fired her gun unless she felt she had no other choice.

[Songcraft]

He forgot his beverage...


      

[MeganC]

Seems a Darwin Award is in order!

[MeganC]

I’ll very likely be a grandmother by the time I’m 53. Doesn’t seem sad to me at all the prospect of enjoying my grandchildren at a young age.

[GOPJ]

Good for the grandmother... love stories with happy endings.

[GOPJ]

Grandma lived - the dirtbag died... it’s a happy ending story.

[griswold3]

Praise God the gun jammed. May she live a long and happy life.

[Secret Agent Man]

Sounds like the intended victim won. Need more of these outcomes.

[mabarker1]

A Texas grandmother shot dead

No the story was written incorrectly. More ignorance in jotting down text that's called "journalism" and printed somewhere and called "an article/headline" (in this case all 3.)

[mabarker1]

BangPing !!!

[6ppc]

Wish she had a truck in my neck of the woods!

[Dr. Sivana]

My mother was a grandmother much younger than that! Married at 18, had five children in six years. Eldest daughter married at 22, had my eldest nephew at 23. My mother was a grandmother at 43, and many times over at 53.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes but that is not considered acceptable now days.

I am simply commenting on the math of being a grandmother at fifty. If our oldest waits as long as we did to have children we will probably be dead before becoming grandparents.

In a perfect world I would be a grandmother now but a perfect world does not exist so you work with what you have.

[Deplorable American1776]

Good lady with gun 1, Bad guy 0. No contest...

[NorthMountain]

The gun jammed

That seems to happen to criminals more often than to citizens.

[NorthMountain]

Do mermaids have fins or flukes?

[null and void]

I agonized over that. Flipped a coin. Flipper lost.

[Dave911]

You go girl.

[tomkat]

It's nice to end the day with some positive news  :-)

[catnipman]

Houston FReepers should make an effort to dine at her food truck!

[Mermaid Girl]

I would say flukes.