HOUSTON – A security guard was shot and killed after Houston police said three men attempted to rob a building possibly used as an illegally-run game room Saturday morning.
Police said officers responded to a shooting call at a building shortly before 1 a.m. in the 6300 block of Long Drive near South Wayside Drive in southeast Houston.
According to investigators, a group of between 3 to 4 men wearing dark clothing apparently jumped over a fence in an attempt to rob a nearby building where officers believe it was used as a game room.
Houston Police investigators say this seemingly abandoned building was used as an illegal game room. Authorities say the security guard shot, killed.
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Details on how the security guard encountered the men were unknown, but at some point, police said one of the men fired at the guard.
The security guard was taken to an area hospital where they later died, police said.
The suspects were picked up by a nearby SUV and fled.
Anyone with information in this case is urged to call HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.