HOUSTON TX April 8 2013 -- Investigators were on the scene of a shooting at a game room in northeast Harris County this morning.
Sheriff's deputies got the call to the business on Homestead Road near the Eastex Freeway around 6:30am.
Authorities say this looks like a robbery attempt. A man and woman, both armed, reportedly tried to hold up either a customer or the game room itself.
They say a woman drove up to the game room in a white pickup, walked up to the door and showed the security guard her membership card. At that point, a man who was hiding in the back seat of the pickup came out armed with a shotgun.
"The male came behind her with a shotgun and confronted the security guard and ends up shooting the security guard," said Sgt. Joe Helm with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. "The security guard shot back and the male and the female take off running around the back of the building."
Deputies say both men fired several shots, but remarkably no one other than the security guard was hit. We spoke to a man who knows the security guard. He said spoke to him and that he was taken to Ben Taub Hospital and should be OK.
People who live in the area around the game room say it's a magnet for criminal activity. One nearby resident tells us he'd like to see the place shut down.
"I've heard 87 shots back there one night," said nearby resident Rayford Skleton. "You know, it gets a little bit hairy down here. I get down on the floor sometimes between my two beds."
Sheriff's deputies are still looking for the two suspects.
Source: KTRK
Sheriff's deputies got the call to the business on Homestead Road near the Eastex Freeway around 6:30am.
Authorities say this looks like a robbery attempt. A man and woman, both armed, reportedly tried to hold up either a customer or the game room itself.
They say a woman drove up to the game room in a white pickup, walked up to the door and showed the security guard her membership card. At that point, a man who was hiding in the back seat of the pickup came out armed with a shotgun.
"The male came behind her with a shotgun and confronted the security guard and ends up shooting the security guard," said Sgt. Joe Helm with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. "The security guard shot back and the male and the female take off running around the back of the building."
Deputies say both men fired several shots, but remarkably no one other than the security guard was hit. We spoke to a man who knows the security guard. He said spoke to him and that he was taken to Ben Taub Hospital and should be OK.
People who live in the area around the game room say it's a magnet for criminal activity. One nearby resident tells us he'd like to see the place shut down.
"I've heard 87 shots back there one night," said nearby resident Rayford Skleton. "You know, it gets a little bit hairy down here. I get down on the floor sometimes between my two beds."
Sheriff's deputies are still looking for the two suspects.
Source: KTRK