Man Shoots Armed Robbers who Abducted Him and His Wife
"COLUMBUS, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a Houston-area man turned the tables on two bank robbery suspects who had abducted him and his wife by pulling a gun on the unsuspecting duo and shooting them both, killing one of them.
"The suspects apparently knew that the woman worked at the First National Bank of Eagle Lake in Columbus, and they abducted her and her husband at gunpoint at their residence north of the city on Thursday and drove them back to the bank, Columbus County Sheriff's Sgt. Andrew Weido told Houston television station KHOU (
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"The suspects forced the woman to taken an undisclosed amount of money from the bank, then forced the husband to drive them in his truck down Highway 71, Weido said. It was then that the husband grabbed a gun that was in the truck and fired at the suspects, he said.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Police-Bank-robbers-kidnap-couple-then-shot-4705242.phpThe police arrived later.
They found both suspects lying on the ground near the truck with gunshot wounds. The suspects were taken to different hospitals, where one of them was pronounced dead. The surviving suspect remained hospitalized in critical condition Friday.
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