Jewelry Store Owner Opens Fire, Shoots Masked Robbery Suspect in Buttocks

A jewelry store owner in Atascocita, Texas, opened fire on four robbery suspects, striking one of them in the buttocks and causing all four to flee.

A second suspect was also hit and wounded by the store owner’s gunfire.

ABC 13 reports the incident unfolded Saturday after the first suspect opened the secured door and held it, so the other three suspects could enter. All the suspects were allegedly “masked with bandannas” and carried hammers, with which to break glass cases.

As they began breaking cases store owner Delton Hayes sprang into action. He said, “They were smashing the cases, but they stopped as soon as I started shooting.”

Police tracked the suspects to a nearby apartment and arrested them. They had “jewelry and drugs” in their position, but the jewelry was believed to be from a different robbery.

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