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Alleged Robber Hospitalized After Business Owner Opens Fire
Breitbart ^ | 03/14/2025 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 03/14/2025 7:31:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

An alleged robber is hospitalized after being shot by a Houston, Texas, mechanic shop owner around 1:40 a.m. Friday morning.

Click2Houston reported the shop owner spotted the alleged burglar on surveillance cameras and went to the shop to investigate. Once there, he confronted the suspect, who allegedly became “aggressive.”

KHOU 11 noted proprietor then shot the alleged robber, hitting him once in the abdomen.

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KEYWORDS: after; alleged; business; fire; hospitalized; opens; owner; robber
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Houston? The shop owner is going to get charged. The rule nowadays is not to fight back and let them rob you.
1 posted on 03/14/2025 7:31:48 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He will be “no billed” like the guy who killed the taco shop robber was.


2 posted on 03/14/2025 7:33:17 AM PDT by Fai Mao (All Democrats need to go to prison.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Allow me to correct the headline: Robber Hospitalized After Business Owner Allegedly Opens Fire
3 posted on 03/14/2025 7:34:57 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It depends
“Sir, what were you doing when you saw the video”
“It’s maam and I was taking off my dress”
“You may go”


4 posted on 03/14/2025 7:35:14 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: alancarp

LOL...nice rewrite, Alan. Spot-on!


5 posted on 03/14/2025 7:40:45 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole)
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This article disappoints me.

It disappoints me because the robber is still living.


6 posted on 03/14/2025 7:46:29 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: alancarp

Or “After business owner defends his property “.


7 posted on 03/14/2025 7:48:17 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: alancarp
Pity the headline didn't say, "Robber shot to death by business owner lawfully exercising his Constitutional Right to defend his property."
8 posted on 03/14/2025 7:49:22 AM PDT by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: He that denies that Jesus is the Christ is a liar and antichrist. )
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To: alancarp

Thank you.


9 posted on 03/14/2025 7:49:31 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Fai Mao

I’ve been wondering about the taco shop hero.


10 posted on 03/14/2025 7:51:20 AM PDT by bwest
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In Texas, we don’t call 911.


11 posted on 03/14/2025 7:53:08 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Jane Long

To quote JRandomFreeper (RIP) “911 is for when the backhoe won’t start.”


12 posted on 03/14/2025 7:55:57 AM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: Clay Moore

That’s right!!

I still miss Johnny, so much. 💔


13 posted on 03/14/2025 7:59:48 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: alancarp
Yes, indeed! There is a bias in the article's very first sentence,
"An alleged robber is hospitalized after being shot by a Houston, Texas, mechanic shop owner around 1:40 a.m. Friday morning."
For consistency, the sentence should be written,
"An alleged robber is allegedly hospitalized after being allegedly shot by, allegedly in Houston, Texas, an alleged mechanic shop owner allegedly around 1:40 a.m. Friday morning."
Another news article reported, "Some sort of a fight broke out, and that's when the owners shot the man, HPD said."

Also, since there was a reference to surveillance cameras, there should have been videos or screenshots of the "alleged robber" obtained by a competent news organization. The lack of provided video or pictures probably says something.

14 posted on 03/14/2025 8:04:32 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I wonder how much of a deterrent an empty rain barrel, and a couple bottles of lye would be.


15 posted on 03/14/2025 8:06:28 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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a new definition of “lyeing” is born.


16 posted on 03/14/2025 8:32:37 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The guy got aggressive - the shop owner feared for his life. Self defense.


17 posted on 03/14/2025 8:35:03 AM PDT by GOPJ (Corrupt MSM press ignored Biden's inflation almost to the end. With Trump they watch every day.)
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To: alancarp

Also, he needs some communications about getting his butt over to the range more often. There should have been no need for a trip to any hospital.

When we used to live in Houston the sheriff said in a newspaper that if we shot someone trying to kick in our front door we needed to be sure and drag the corpse back across the threshold. That way there would not be more than a statement from the homeowner — case closed.


18 posted on 03/14/2025 8:49:31 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: MplsSteve
It disappoints me because the robber is still living.

Gut shot.

Even if he survives, he's in a world of hurt.

19 posted on 03/14/2025 9:04:32 AM PDT by null and void (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity. H/T MortMan)
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To: alancarp

Beat me to it. Good catch.


20 posted on 03/14/2025 9:25:35 AM PDT by DPMD
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