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Houston Police Seek Two After 'Gun Jugging' of Gun-Range Patron Leaves Suspect Wounded

Police describe a targeted robbery for guns taken from a nearby range.

Overview

  • HPD says a man who left the Top Gun range around 4 p.m. Tuesday was followed about a mile to his apartment on Rampart in southwest Houston.
  • Investigators report three suspects confronted him, pointed a gun, and tried to take a bag that held multiple firearms.
  • The man fired once and struck one suspect in the chin, and that suspect was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
  • Police say the other two suspects fled on foot after abandoning their getaway car, and officers are working to identify them from surveillance video.
  • No identities have been released, and investigators are determining the full sequence of events as they continue the search for the two at-large suspects.