A convenience store altercation ended when a store clerk utilized his Second Amendment rights.
A man who entered a Houston convenience store and allegedly assaulted a clerk was shot dead on Tuesday evening.
Houston Police are describing the shooting as a self-defense case, according to KPRC-TV.
Speaking at the scene of the incident, one Houston Police officer revealed what investigators had learned.
Police said that the assailant, an unidentified 36-year-old man, entered the Lavender Food Mart intoxicated.
The store clerk took out a weapon and shot at the man multiple times after he allegedly went behind the cash register and attacked him.
The suspect in the assault was pronounced dead at Ben Taub General Hospital.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office will investigate the shooting.
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Criminal charges against the clerk have not been filed as of Thursday.
The shooting appears to be one in a string of self-defense instances in which small business owners and employees had to use force to defend themselves against criminal assailants and thieves.
A man charged with aggravated robbery was shot by a clerk in Beaumont, Texas, after allegedly pulling a knife on the woman last month.
An 80-year-old California store owner is blasting the state’s liberal politicians after shooting an AR-15-armed bandit with a shotgun.
#WATCH: “He shot my arm off,” cries would-be robber after 80 year old #Norco store owner shoots him with a shotgun. Four arrested, one remains in hospital. Store owner expected back at work. pic.twitter.com/i3LAVdv5WL
— Jeff Vaughn (@JeffVaughn) August 2, 2022
“The crime rate is escalating, and it’s gonna continue to escalate until they start putting the people away that are doing the bad things,” Craig Cope said, KTTV reported, just days after defending his Riverside County store from the armed robber.
#BREAKING: “More people need to vote and vote the right way,” says the 80 year old #Norco store owner that blasted a would-be robber with a shotgun. Owner Craig Cope is back to work today, and has this message for politicians… pic.twitter.com/F72iaUsogm
— Jeff Vaughn (@JeffVaughn) August 2, 2022
Cope is accusing California’s politicians of failing business owners, citing an epidemic of property crimes.
