A woman shot a man who attempted so steal her purse through the passenger window of her car in Texas, police said.
Lachelle Hudgins was sitting in her car at a parking lot near her home in Houston at around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 3 when she was approached by several men, one of whom tried to rob her, according to police.
After a brief struggle, Hudgins was able to take a handgun from her purse and shot the robber twice, Miller said.
“It was all I had in my gun. I shot until I couldn’t shoot anymore,” Hudgins told the news outlet. “I saved my life.”
The suspect and the other men quickly fled the scene. Shortly later police were alerted to a man with gunshot wounds 100 yards away, Miller said.
He continued that the suspect underwent surgery but is expected to recover and faces charges of aggravated robbery.
Man Pulls Out Gun After Shop Runs Out of Sandwich
In a separate incident in Houston this week, police are investigating after a man pulled out a gun and tried to enter a Popeyes Chicken restaurant in Houston, reportedly demanding the fast-food chain’s famed chicken sandwich that was recently sold out.“Male pulled a gun on employees of restaurant after they ran out of chicken sandwich,” Houston Police announced on Twitter late Sept. 2.
No one was injured and the group left the scene in a blue Tahoe, Fox 26 reported.