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Store clerk opens fire on robbery suspects, killing one
A second suspect ran from the scene while two others drove away in a dark-colored BMW.
HOUSTON — A clerk shot and killed at least one suspect when a group of alleged robbers forced their way into a store along Highway 90 in northeast Houston overnight.
This happened around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Exxon gas station located on Maxey Road.
Houston police are reviewing the incident caught on surveillance video. Investigators said four suspects tried to force their way into the store which was locked.
The clerk was in a plexiglass pod when he was approached by the robbers, police said.
The clerk, fearing for his life, opened fire on the suspects, wounding and killing one of the men, police said. A second suspect ran from the scene while two others drove away in a dark-colored BMW.
Police confirmed that a man was found not far from the scene with a gunshot wound but would not confirm whether or not it was the suspect who ran from the scene. The man was transported to a local hospital.
The clerk was not injured in the incident.
Man shoots, kills suspect in shootout during attempted robbery on Pleasure Island
The suspect attempted to rob a couple several miles from where he was fatally shot in a second robbery attempt.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Two attempted robberies several miles apart ended in a shootout with an intended victim that left the suspect dead in the street along a Pleasure Island highway Tuesday evening.
Port Arthur Police officers were sent to report a robbery in progress just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Island Grocery in the 1900 block of South Highway 82 on Pleasure Island, according to a news release from the Port Arthur Police Department.
As officers headed to the store near the foot of the MLK Bridge, they were told that the suspect had left and was last seen driving east along Highway 82, the release said.
Officers spoke to a man and woman at the Island Grocery who told them a man armed with a rifle had attempted to steal their car, police said.
While speaking to the man and woman officers were informed of a shooting about three to four miles away along South Highway 82.
Officers then headed to the scene of the shooting where they found the suspect dead in the street, according to the release.
The suspect was identified by Port Arthur Police as 25-year-old, Leon Jones III, a resident of Opelousas, Louisiana.
Jones, still armed with the rifle, had attempted to rob a man and woman, who were crabbing, at gunpoint police said.
At some point after Jones demanded money and property from the two, the man was able to get to his car and grab his handgun.
The two men then got into a shootout and Jones was shot several times and died at the scene, police said.
The woman at the scene of the shooting was treated by medics on the scene for minor injuries she received during the shooting, police said.
Jones was driving a car that had been stolen in Louisiana, according to police.
Port Arthur Police are continuing to investigate the shooting.
Man, 24, fatally shot by ex after breaking into her home
SAN ANTONIO – A 33-year-old woman opened fire on her ex-boyfriend moments after he broke into her home Wednesday night, San Antonio police said.
The man, who was 24 years old, died following the shooting at the home in the 10300 block of Lynx Crossing, according to police. He has not been identified.
According to police, the woman was in the bathroom when she heard the man walking up the stairs and went to grab her shotgun. Moments later, she opened fire on her ex as he entered the bathroom.
He was transported to University Hospital, where he later died.
Police said that the woman had changed the locks to her home and that the man had been texting her all day.
Before the shooting, he was waiting for her when she arrived at her home. She told him to leave and he complied, police said.
He allegedly returned, forced a window open and entered the home as the woman was in the bathroom.
No one else was in the home.
The woman is not expected to face charges, police said.