Cops fatally shot the gunman who murdered a supervisor at a Houston Cracker Barrel when she tried to guard a co-worker from being mugged, officers introduced Sunday night time.
Undercover deputies from the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace have been conducting surveillance on the homicide suspect, a 28-year-old black male, after they noticed him depart the situation round 6 p.m. and start strolling down the road, Mike Lee, assistant chief with the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace, mentioned at a press convention.
He was approached by the deputies, who known as him by identify earlier than two deputies opened fireplace after they believed he had a weapon.
“He started operating from them and as they have been chasing them, he made some gestures as if he have been pointing a weapon at them. At the moment our deputies opened fireplace … on the suspect,” Lee mentioned.
The suspect was transported to Kingwood Hospital in Houston, the place he was pronounced useless. His identify will not be being launched till he’s ID’d by the county forensics workplace.
Sgt. Dennis Wollford of the division’s murder unit mentioned the suspect had two open felony assault warrants, and was “believed to be armed and harmful.”
Wollford mentioned there’s “not an apparent gun that we’ve positioned,” however mentioned officers are nonetheless processing the scene.
Beloved 59-year-old grandmother Robin Baucom, who had labored on the Cracker Barrel for almost 34 years, was contained in the eatery early Saturday when two males in a Dodge Charger pulled up close to the entrance door, the Star-Telegram reported.
“She was a protector. Not solely along with her household however with those she labored with. She protected the employees and gave her life for them.”
Billy Crumpton, Robin Baucom’s brother
A person bought out of the automobile and tried to grab a handbag from one other worker as she tried to get within the door. Baucom noticed what was taking place and ran to unlock the entrance door so the worker may get inside, pushing the mugger as he tried to power his method by means of the door.
Throughout the altercation, the person shot Baucom within the chest. She was rushed to the hospital and underwent surgical procedure, however succumbed to her accidents.
The 2 deputies who opened fireplace have nonetheless not offered official statements, Lee mentioned. They are going to be quickly positioned on administrative depart, which is protocol for officers concerned in a deadly taking pictures, he mentioned.
Police are nonetheless conducting interviews and corroborating witness statements with surveillance footage to substantiate that the deceased suspect was the shooter.
“After that info is confirmed, we hope this case will finish with some consolation for the household of Ms. Baucom and her household,” Lee mentioned.
Baucom’s household described her as a “hero” who will probably be remembered for shedding her life defending a fellow worker from hurt.
“She would have executed something on this planet to guard her staff or any of us,” her daughter Tina advised KTRK.
“Once I was beginning kindergarten, she began at Cracker Barrel part-time. She would purchase me back-to-school garments,” Tina mentioned. “It was speculated to be a few months. Thirty-four years later, a heartache, and right here we're.”
Baucom’s brother, Billy Crumpton, mentioned, “The best love an individual can have is giving their life for one more individual — and that’s precisely what she did,” Fox 26 Houston reported.
“She was a protector. Not solely along with her household however with those she labored with. She protected the employees and gave her life for them,” Crumpton added.
Cracker Barrel mentioned in an announcement that the corporate “is solely centered on supporting our supervisor’s household, her fellow staff, and native regulation enforcement as we grapple with this tragedy and grieve.”
Baucom left behind her husband, three kids and three grandchildren.
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