Posted on 02/13/2012 6:24:56 AM PST by marktwain
HOUSTON -
A northwest Houston food store owner shot and killed a man he said was trying to rob him, but police did not find a gun on the man, investigators said Friday.
Houston police said the 49-year-old owner of the New Land Food Store, 822 West Little York, called 911 at 9:30 p.m. Thursday and said a man was trespassing.
Investigators said Terrance Hall, 33, was agitated when he entered the store and tried to get into a back room. When he couldn't, he climbed onto an ATM machine, over plexiglass and fell behind the counter, police said.
During a confrontation, the store owner, Thom Vu, grabbed a gun and fired several shots, investigators said.
"(Hall) sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced deceased," said Brian Evans with HPD Homicide.
Police said they did not find a weapon on Hall.
Police said the store owner and Hall knew each other because Hall was a longtime customer of the store.
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The person shot had a criminal history.
A northwest Houston food store owner shot and killed a man he said was trying to rob him, but police did not find a gun on the man, investigators said Friday.
Does that mean he was not being robbed??
He looks Amish.
police on the scene called the shooting “justified”
Climbing over the bulletproof glass makes you a threat, IMHO.
http://www.39online.com/newsfix/kiah-convenient-killing-story,0,5988318.story
Thugs in bad parts of Houston have a habit of murdering Vietnamese convenience store owners and workers. Climbed over the plexiglass? This was just taking out the trash.
Good shooting, Citizen. Civilization thanks you.
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