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Veteran in wheelchair shoots man who tried to rob him downtown<\/a><\/p>\n

HOUSTON — A military veteran in a wheelchair shot another man during an attempted robbery across the street from METRO headquarters in downtown Houston Monday night, authorities say.<\/p>\n

Around 9 p.m., police were dispatched for a shooting in progress in the 1900 block of Main St. When authorities arrived, they found the man in a wheelchair, and a suspect collapsed with multiple gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n

LT J.P. Horelica of the Houston Police Department said the man in the wheelchair told them he was waiting for a ride home from METRO when the suspect ran up and tried to take his bag.<\/p>\n

This prompted him to pull out a gun and fire multiple shots at the suspect, Horelica added. The suspect attempted to run off before collapsing “several hundred yards away,” police say.<\/p>\n

First responders were able to take the wounded man to the hospital, and it’s expected he will survive. It’s unknown if the man in the wheelchair suffered any injuries during this incident.<\/p>\n

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Suspect killed while trying to rob food truck on South Main Street in SW Houston<\/a><\/p>\n

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) —\u00a0A robbery suspect is dead after he was shot while trying to hold up a food truck in southwest Houston, police said.<\/p>\n

According to the Houston Police Department, the robbery happened at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday in the 14500 block of South Main Street at Fondren.<\/p>\n

Derick Howard, an owner of Elite Eats and Cold Treats, was on his way to the food truck to meet his mother, who is a co-owner, and his uncle, who were working the truck during the lunch hour.<\/p>\n

Before he arrived, police said the suspect approached the food truck, asking what kind of food they serve. The suspect then tried robbing them, but Howard’s mother and uncle quickly closed the window.<\/p>\n

The suspect got out of his truck, opened the food truck’s front window, and pointed the gun inside. Police said the suspect fired his gun, but it jammed.<\/p>\n

“Thank God,” Jacqueline Mitchell, a family member, said. “She’s a godly woman. That’s why the gun jammed because God jammed it because when (suspect) opened that window, he could have shot her, but it jammed.”<\/p>\n

That’s when the woman pulled out her own gun and fired multiple times. Howard’s mother is licensed to carry a gun, according to the family.<\/p>\n

“Nowadays, you have to,” Howard said when asked if his mother kept a gun on her out of fear that something similar would happen. “It’s bad.”<\/p>\n

The suspect tried running away but fell and died in the parking lot.<\/p>\n

Howard said the truck had only made $40 for the day at the time of the robbery.<\/p>\n

“People need to get a job instead of trying to rob people, because some people are trying to make an honest living,” Mitchell said.<\/p>\n

The woman was taken to the hospital for a panic attack, according to police. No one is charged in the case, as police called it a “self-defense” shooting.<\/p>\n

Authorities will collect evidence and present it to the district attorney’s office.<\/p>\n

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