Posted on 03/30/2023 3:02:48 AM PDT by TigerClaws
HOUSTON — Investigators said a 23-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday when he tried to rob a food truck in southwest Houston.
According to the Houston Police Department, it happened in a parking lot off South Main Street just inside Beltway 8. HPD tweeted about the shooting just after 2 p.m.
What happened
Keshondra Howard Turner's family owns the truck, which has been operating in the parking lot off South Main at Fondren for about three years. Turner, 53, is the cook behind the counter of the soul food truck. She and her family started Elite Eats in 2020.
"Ox tail, and we’ve got good hamburgers, pork chops, wings. People come from all over to eat here," family member Jacqueline Mitchell said.
According to HPD Lt. Bryan Bui, a man pulled up to the food truck Tuesday around 1 p.m. and asked what they served. When Turner showed him, the man pulled out a gun and got out of his truck, Bui said.
She was able to close the window, but the man opened it back up and put his arm inside the food truck while pointing the gun at her. That's when, according to Bui, the suspect tried to shoot but his gun jammed.
Turner then shot the man several times, police said. He collapsed about 50 feet away from the truck, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
HPD investigators said nothing was taken from the food truck and they're checking the area for surveillance video. Bui said the robber didn't fire a shot. Investigators also said that Turner is licensed to carry.
The aftermath
Turner's son said she would never have wanted to use her gun, but she didn't have a choice.
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Gotta love a story with a happy ending.
Sounds like a proper ending.
A colleague of mine is a deputy sheriff. He says things are gnarly out there. Always be armed, even if only with a pea-shooter like a Kel-Tec 320.
Seeing a lot of these stories now that Texas is constitutional carry
This is why Dems want gun control. He was their constituent.
Not to worry. The perp will still continue to vote democrat, forever.
Unfortunately, we must cull evil people from this world.
I love good gun control..... we should celebrate the hero!
But now they’ll have to pay someone to pretend to be him.
Yup. She drew, aimed and fired in one quick motion. Great control.
When your food truck needs to be an armored car...
Since der kleine führer Soros and his turd rolling politicians took the consequences out of committing crimes it’s good to see the American people are adding back bolder consequences to these boneheads’ adventures.
Sounds like the Perp got his just desserts.
👍
This was a legal shoot, even in Austin, Texas. Keshondra was in fear of her life and faced with a mortal threat.
That’s a good one.
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