http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5922041.html
Whoever the "Roofer" was that was able to "grab a gun" (how does one grab a gun in a gunfight unless one is already carrying it?) must be one cool dude to open up against "three of four armed men", killing one and wounding another.Gunfire broke out during a holdup at a family-owned roofing company early Sunday, leaving one attempted robber dead and the business owner seriously wounded, Houston police said.
Detectives said Sergio Rodriguez, his brother and a co-worker were preparing to open about 6:50 a.m. when three or four armed men forced their way inside the building in the 10500 block of Foy.
"Somewhere in the middle of the (robbery), Mr. Rodriguez was shot," said Houston Police Department homicide investigator Fil Waters.
One of the roofers managed to grab a gun and began shooting, fatally striking one of the intruders and wounding another. Rodriguez also was struck during the gunfire exchange, police said.
"My understanding is that he's in surgery and will recover," Waters said.
Sergio Rodriguez Jr. stood outside the crime-scene tape later Sunday as police continued their investigation.
"To me, he's the man of steel," Rodriguez said of his wounded father. "He works every day, trying to take care of the family. Without him, I don't know what to do."
Police recovered a vehicle at a nearby supermarket that may have been involved in the robbery.
"It has bullet holes in the windshield. Evidence inside the vehicle would indicate that someone was probably hit," Waters said, declining to elaborate.
Police plan to question a third man who later showed up at an area hospital with at least three gunshot wounds.
As a side note, I pray that I have the fortitude to earn the right for my son to describe me as "a man of steel".
Anyone who can work on a roof in this Houston heat is one tough hombre anyway. My hat is off to that guy.
