Houston police have questioned a man in connection with last week's shooting of an armed robber at a taqueria and the case has been referred to a grand jury.
The video and witness reports show the suspect – later identified as 30-year-old Eric Eugene Washington – wearing a black ski mask entering the restaurant and pointing his pistol at patrons and demanding their money.
Houston police released a picture of the armed customers truck described as a "1970s or ’80s model pickup truck with no bed."As the suspect was gathering money from patrons, the armed customer can be seen standing up as the suspect walks by him and firing his gun at the suspect multiple times. The armed customer, described by Houston police as a White or Hispanic male, fired at least nine shots at the suspect who dropped to the ground and died. The armed customer fired multiple shots, including one at the suspect's head, after the suspect had dropped to the ground.
The armed customer collected the stolen money from the body of the suspect and returned it to patrons before fleeing the scene.Bradford Betz is a Fox News Digital breaking reporter covering crime,Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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