Post by rramom on Apr 10, 2013 15:07:46 GMT -5
I love it when the GG wins!
A man shot and killed a robber who allegedly held him at gunpoint on a Pasadena street Friday night.
The
victim was walking in the 600 block of Hawthorne near Wafer around
10:30 p.m. after shopping when a dark-colored truck pulled up beside
him, said Pasadena Police spokesman Vance Mitchell.
An
armed man then got out of a vehicle, pointing a gun in the victim's
face and demanding that he give him everything he had, Mitchell said.
After
the victim handed over a bag with the boots he'd just purchased, he
heard another man in the truck yell to the gunman to shoot him, Mitchell
said.
In fear for his life, the victim pulled out his own gun
and began shooting toward the robber, striking him, Mitchell said. The
suspect then jumped back in the vehicle, which fled down the street to
the intersection of Wafer and Southmore.
Paramedics
took the gunman in the robbery to an area hospital where he was
pronounced dead, Mitchell said. Officers arrested the driver and another
passenger in the truck, Mitchell said, adding that charges are pending
against the two men.
No charges have been filed in the shooting and Mitchell said the case will be referred to a Harris County Grand Jury.
