HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Video exhibits a southwest Houston enterprise proprietor and his spouse pulling weapons on a theft suspect they are saying recognized himself as a police officer.
Police verify they’re investigating the armed confrontation captured on surveillance video on June 15 outdoors the La Sultana liquor retailer at Gessner and Harwin, which ended with the suspect being shot.
Within the video, you possibly can see retailer proprietor Javier Reyes strolling outdoors to eliminate some trash when a crimson automobile pulls up.
A masked man holding a gun and a flashlight rapidly runs as much as Reyes, who notes the person was sporting a vest with the phrase ‘marshal’ on it.
“They advised me, ‘I am a cop. I am the police. Get on the ground,’ and I say, ‘I do not do something,'” Reyes mentioned.
Though just one suspect is seen within the video, Reyes mentioned there was one other individual driving the automobile when the suspect arrived.
After the person compelled Reyes to the bottom, Reyes mentioned he revealed his true intentions.
“When he acquired me on the ground, he advised me, ‘It is a theft, it is a theft. I am not the police,'” Reyes recounted.
Reyes mentioned his spouse was watching all the things from inside the shop. You may see her retrieving a gun earlier than she walks outdoors and factors it on the armed suspect.
The suspect begins to run away, shedding his sneakers and gun within the course of.
Reyes seizes the chance to attract his personal weapon and fires a number of rounds, at the very least one in every of which hits the suspect, who then crawls to his getaway automobile.
Reyes fires a remaining parting shot because the automobile pulls away.
“The police advised me I did an excellent job,” he mentioned.
Whereas each Reyes and his spouse weren’t harmed, he shudders to assume how otherwise issues might have turned out.
When Reyes initially refused the suspect’s demand for his valuables, he mentioned the suspect threatened to kill him.
“I say, ‘No,’ and he put the gun in my head they usually advised me, ‘I can kill you proper now.'”
Police mentioned the injured suspect confirmed up at a hospital, however that fees have but to be filed.
They mentioned the investigation is ongoing.
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