Armed Robber Gets Smoked Trying to Rob Texas BBQ Joint

By Bob Owens | 7:25 AM | February 06, 2017

Two armed robbers apparently targeted the senior citizen owner of J&S Bar-B-Que Saturday night, thinking that the man would be an easy target as he walked to his car after closing.

They figured wrong.

The 70-year-owner of a Houston barbecue joint shot and killed a man who tried to rob him over the weekend.

Police said the man had just closed up J&S Bar-B-Que in northeast Houston on Saturday night and was walking to his car, KTRK-TV reports.

The man, whom police did not identify, was carrying a gun because he’d been robbed before, he told police. So when two men jumped out from behind a dumpster in an attempt to rob him, he shot at them.

One of the men was hit twice, in the throat and chest. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

The second suspect ran from the scene and it does not appear that he was hit in the robbery.

This appears to be a clearcut case of armed self-defense, and charges are not expected against the store owner.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.