Houston security officer shot and killed during game room robbery
HOUSTON TX Feb 13, 2022— A security officer was shot and killed during a game room robbery overnight in southeast Houston.
Houston police tweeted about the incident at about 1:30 a.m. and said it happened in the 6300 block of Long Drive.
Houston Police spokesman Kese Smith confirmed Saturday that a 33-year-old man was discovered at the scene and transferred to Ben Taub Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Robbery appears to be the motive of the shooting at 6333 Long Drive appeared to be robbery, Smith said in a phone call.
The suspects include three or four men wearing dark clothes who fled to a waiting S.U.V, he added.
Game rooms such as this one are frequent targets of robbery and at least six security officers have been killed in similar robberies during the past three years.
