Houston police fatally shoot two of five suspected robbers at furniture store as they are believed to be members of the Bloods gang
Police fired
at five suspected robbers Thursday night outside a Houston furniture
store, killing two and injuring two other members of the group.
John Cannon, a police spokesman, five police officers fired their weapons but none were injured.
The
Affordable Furniture store was being monitored by a tactical team
investigating other robberies in the area that happened earlier in the
day.
One of the two injured suspects was taken to the hospital with an undisclosed injury.
Another
sustained a superficial shoulder wound and was treated by paramedics at
the scene. He and a suspect who wasn't injured were taken into custody,
Cannon said.
'Officers
discharged their weapons either because the suspects pointed weapons at
them or they were fearful suspects were running toward other businesses,
which had citizens in them,' Cannon told The Associated Press.
Two
guns belonging to the suspects were recovered at the scene, and Cannon
said officers continued to search the area but didn't believe there are
other suspects.
Taj
Ali, the owner of Affordable Furniture where the robbery took place,
told the Houston Chronicle that an employee who was inside during the
holdup said the gunmen were wearing masks.
She said one pointed a gun and asked if the store had a safe.
'She
didn't have the key and we don't keep any money in it,' Ali said.
'Then, one of them hollered, 'Let's go,' and that was the end of the
story.'
The furniture store, located on an access road near Interstate 45 in northern Houston, was open at the time of the robbery.
According to KTRK, the suspects are believed to be members of the Bloods gang from northeast Houston.
One of the bullets fired during the shooting flew through the window of
the nearby Denny's restaurant, causing patrons and employees to drop to
the floor for cover
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