{"id":1525610,"date":"2022-06-22T09:19:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525610"},"modified":"2022-06-22T09:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:19:39","slug":"man-shot-dead-trying-to-rob-texas-gun-store-armed-with-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-shot-dead-trying-to-rob-texas-gun-store-armed-with-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Shot Dead Trying To Rob Texas Gun Store Armed With Knife"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-shot-dead-trying-to-rob-texas-gun-store-armed-with-knife%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/crime\">rob a gun store<\/a>\u00a0with a knife proved to be a deadly mistake for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\">Texas<\/a> man Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified man went into Carter\u2019s Country guns and ammunition store in southwest Houston around 3 p.m. with what police described as a \u201cbladed object\u201d and began stealing from the cash register, authorities said. A store employee confronted him and shot at him twice, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce he went there [the gun shop], he actually went behind the counter [and] started ruffling through the cash register,\u201d HPD Lt. Larry Crowson said, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2022\/06\/21\/suspect-shot-killed-by-employee-during-robbery-attempt-at-gun-shop-in-southwest-houston-police-say\/\">Click2Houston.com<\/a>. \u201cHe was confronted by one of the employees, at that point, one of the employees felt in fear of their safety and fired two shots, at least one struck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">South Gessner officers are at a shooting scene 11800 S. Wilcrest. Adult male transported in critical condition.202 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P5eplifeo8\">pic.twitter.com\/P5eplifeo8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Houston Police (@houstonpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houstonpolice\/status\/1539352253844299777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The employee who shot the suspect told police they feared for their life. Police did not further describe the deadly confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect fled, leaving a trail of blood before collapsing in the parking lot outside. When police arrived, they found him and took him to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Neither the dead man nor the store employee who shot him was identified. Police said the incident was captured on surveillance video, but did not release it amid the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told police the suspect had tried to shoplift from a clothing store next door before going into the gun store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy looked like he was a homeless person,\u201d Marcus Fomby, who saw the suspect inside Suit Mart before the shooting, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2022\/06\/21\/suspect-shot-killed-by-employee-during-robbery-attempt-at-gun-shop-in-southwest-houston-police-say\/\">Click2Houston<\/a>. \u201cBasically, they told him to just let go of the jeans or we\u2019ll call the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter\u2019s Country Outdoor Stores is a family-run chain of four retail stores and a shooting range established in the 1960s in Houston. The company also \u00a0offers commercial guided hunting trips in Texas and Colorado, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/carterscountry.com\/carters-history\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Carter\u2019s Country was the scene of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/surveillance-video-released-of-smash-and-grab-robbery-at-carters-country\">brazen, early dawn heist<\/a> in which thieves stole more than 50 weapons. Surveillance footage showed the thieves backing a black Ford F-250 pickup truck up to the store and attaching chains to the door and the rear of the truck to rip the door off its hinges. They then\u00a0ransacked the store, smashing display cases and and stealing rifles and handguns. Police busted the ring within days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trying to rob a gun store\u00a0with a knife proved to be a deadly mistake for a Texas man Tuesday. The unidentified man went into Carter\u2019s Country guns and ammunition store in southwest Houston around 3 p.m. with what police described as a \u201cbladed object\u201d and began stealing from the cash register, authorities said. 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