HOUSTON – A couple was robbed by five men in southwest Houston early Tuesday.
The Houston Police Department and the Houston Fire Department responded around 1:10 a.m. to the 6300 block of Westward Street near Hillcroft Avenue.
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Officers said they found a woman and a man, who had a head injury and had been shot in the leg.
The couple told police they were robbed at gunpoint by five men with guns, and they were wearing masks.
Law enforcement said the robbers jumped out of a black sedan and asked the victims for their possessions. They took a cellphone, wallet and purse.
The pair offered up their belongings. Authorities said when the robbers were leaving, the man was pistol-whipped and shot.
The injured man walked to a club nearby and asked security to call police. He was taken to a local hospital and was expected to survive. The woman was not injured.