Posted on 09/04/2009 7:08:54 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
HOUSTON - A suspected robber was killed and another man was injured in a gun battle after three masked gunmen ambushed a card game in southwest Houston on Thursday, police said.
Around 2 a.m., witnesses said the masked men waited for someone to leave the game, which was held inside an unmarked office park unit behind a shopping center.
The gunmen burst in through the open door and began robbing patrons, one of whom pulled his own pistol, said Sgt. Juan M. De La Cruz, a Houston homicide detective. A gunfight ensued.
One suspect was killed and one of the patrons suffered a non-life threatening wound and was taken to a nearby hospital. Police, who found multiple 9-millimeter shell casings at the scene, say the other two suspects fled.
Police recovered card tables, cards and cash, and one of the patrons said everyone at the game knew each other. Police said they didn’t immediately know who rents the space, which like many in the complex has no signage.
De La Cruz said the gambling matter would be turned over to the vice squad, but it wasn’t clear whether the game was illegal. In Texas, there’s nothing wrong with money changing hands in poker and other games as long as someone isn’t taking a cut.
The beauty of concealed carry: You can surprise them after they’ve surprised you.
Don’t let your sons grow up to be cowboys!
Every day event in the West 125 years ago...
what kind of moron wouldn't think that at least ONE guy at a gambling club would be armed in friggin TEXAS??? too stooopid for crime.
That’s the way I want to go out. In a Houston card room gun battle.
You got it. Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe we have a nominee for the 2009 Darwin Award (insert crowd applause sound effect here).
Sam had a son named Temple.
Those concerned about this event should Google both and then go take Fifi for a walk.
Reminds me of the episode of the Sopranos where Jackie Jr tries to make a name for himself by robbing Tony’s Card Game.
golf clap... 
right!!!
More like a common event in HollyWest over the last 100
Gambling proceeds is income. As income the government takes a cut. Wouldn't some imaginative prosecutor claim then that all games are then illegal?
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