Shotgun-toting robbery suspect shot and killed by business owner

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas – A business owner shot and killed a suspected robber near Poteet according to deputies.

The Atascosa Co. Sheriff’s investigators say around midnight two robbers burst into Larry's Game Room on Hwy 16. That’s about seven miles north of Poteet.

The robbers, who had a shotgun and pistol, fired one shot in the ceiling and began demanding money. They forced a female worker to ground and pointed shotgun at her. The business owner came out of the backroom with a 40-caliber handgun and shot one of the robbers in the head.

Carlos Valero, 25, died at the scene. The other would-be robber ran off. Both are believed to be from the Atascosa area.


http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Shotgun-toting-robbery-suspect-shot-and-killed-by/3VbZvZI0VES46MF9V8Nxjg.cspx

[bbinacan]

1. Nice shot! n/t

[jmg257]

2. Damn coward, protecting them like that! He obviously didn't NEED a gun. nt

[Tim01]

3. Pointed a shotgun at her head.

No wonder he killed the badguy. That would have made me upset too. Upset as in "Oh my god he is going to kill her."

[hendo]

4. Its a good thing he was there with his .40 to save her life. NT

[EvidentlyChickentown]

5. Thankfully,

only the would-be robber was killed.

Too much innocent life has already been lost.

[FLAprogressive]

6. Wait a minute, I thought only 5-year-old little girls could be killed by guns.

[EvidentlyChickentown]

7. Somehow, somewhere, a gun decided on it's own...

to do the right thing and stop a violent act.

How could this be possible?

[Statistical]

8. There are still a few good guns left they haven't all gone bad n/t

[corruptmewithpower]

9. The business owner was very very very lucky.

99 times out of 100 the robber would have shot the business owner with his own gun.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

10. Why would they when they had their own?

[corruptmewithpower]

11. My mistake, I forgot to load the sarcasm smilie.

[rl6214]

12. I thought it was

99.9% of the time.