Posted on 02/06/2017 10:29:32 AM PST by PROCON
Two armed robbers apparently targeted the senior citizen owner of J&S Bar-B-Que Saturday night, thinking that the man would be an easy target as he walked to his car after closing.
They figured wrong.
The 70-year-owner of a Houston barbecue joint shot and killed a man who tried to rob him over the weekend.
Police said the man had just closed up J&S Bar-B-Que in northeast Houston on Saturday night and was walking to his car, KTRK-TV reports.
The man, whom police did not identify, was carrying a gun because hed been robbed before, he told police. So when two men jumped out from behind a dumpster in an attempt to rob him, he shot at them.
One of the men was hit twice, in the throat and chest. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. The second suspect ran from the scene and it does not appear that he was hit in the robbery.
This appears to be a clearcut case of armed self-defense, and charges are not expected against the store owner.
OOOooo... “throat and chest” hits. I bet that hurt like hell while he was saying to himself... “Oops”.
I’m just thinking aloud here, but you have to be a special kind of stupid to rob a BBQ joint, especially in Texas.
No description of the perps. Hmmm, wonder why.
It he has a concrete pad for his dumpster I would guess that the pad will need cleaning. Maybe muriatic acid and a power washer.
The inconsiderate thief probably bled all over the nice white concrete.
Seems to be a theme. The day I turned 70, I solidified an attitude problem about taking crap from anybody. Hope to avoid the armed and criminal types.
I’ll have to stop by there and pick up some chow.
Be passing not far from there on Wednesday.
J and S Bar B Que
8312 Mesa Dr, 77028
Don’t mess with an old man. He will just shoot you.
Good catch, thanks.
I just love these kind of feel-good stories ...
I wish I could join you.
Old enough to agree with the Second Amendment. Just like me.
Stupid knows no bounds.
I saw a video of two hood rats trying to rob a GUN store a couple weeks back.
Old guy behind the counter only notices something's afoot when the lead hood rat is raising a pistol in his direction. In a flash, he draws and fires his own weapon, hitting the perp twice in center mass.
The would be robber instantly falls to the floor and expires, while his accomplice disappears out the door.
If Obozo had a son...
They knew where they were. NE Houston is not a place I’d go to get BBQ or anything else.
That’ll learn ‘im.
0bama’s sons...
Now, now... I’m sure they were good boys, just starting to turn their lives around, and planning to go to college. Perhaps they were aspiring rappers. I’ve noticed a high mortality rate for aspiring rappers recently.
The best Bar B Q place I remember didn’t put any sauce on the meat. There was a fairly large selection on each table. Really good. They cooked it over an open pit which you could watch as it cooked.
I will not name it as I have heard that it has gone down in the last 40 years.
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