Man in wheelchair shoots, injures would-be robber in downtown Houston
Courtesy of Metro Video Services
A man late Monday allegedly shot and injured a would-be robber near the Metro station in downtown Houston, police said. Officers around 8:50 p.m. responded to the 1900 block of Main Street where they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Lt. J.P. Horelica, of the Houston Police Department, told Metro Video Services. The man was taken to a hospital.Detectives maintain a man in a wheelchair had been waiting for a bus home when someone approached him and attempted to rob him, Horelica said. The man in the wheelchair then pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots.
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