{"id":176132,"date":"2023-02-16T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=176132"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:27:53","slug":"armed-robber-surprised-when-texas-victim-has-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/armed-robber-surprised-when-texas-victim-has-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Robber Surprised When Texas Victim Has Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" title=\"Armed Robber Surprised When Texas Victim Has Gun\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hotel-robber.webp\" alt=\"Armed Robber Surprised When Texas Victim Has Gun\" class=\"wp-image-176133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hotel-robber.webp 720w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hotel-robber-400x225.webp 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hotel-robber-150x84.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(<em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/houston-would-be-robber-runs-door-hotel-clerk-pulls-handgun\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-robber-surprised-when-texas-victim-has-gun\" title=\"Armed Robber Surprised When Texas Victim Has Gun\">FoxNews<\/a><\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A hotel clerk in Houston, Texas, found herself facing an armed robber last month while on the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of cowering in fear, she pulled out her own weapon and pointed it right back at the assailant, causing him to flee in terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/houston-would-be-robber-runs-door-hotel-clerk-pulls-handgun\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-robber-surprised-when-texas-victim-has-gun\" title=\"Armed Robber Surprised When Texas Victim Has Gun\"><em>Fox News<\/em><\/a> reported that an unidentified person entered a hotel lobby in Houston and pointed a rifle at the employee working the front desk, demanding that she empty the cash drawer for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hotel\u2019s video footage shows the armed robber entering the hotel with a backpack containing the weapon. He then approaches the front desk and points the gun over the partition, demanding the money and even climbing over the counter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/marine-colonel-claims-5-56-round-can-cut-a-body-in-half-or-decapitate-a-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"armed-robber-surprised-when-texas-victim-has-gun\" title=\"Armed Robber Surprised When Texas Victim Has Gun\">Marine Colonel Claims 5.56 Round Can Cut a Body In Half or Decapitate a Target<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hotel clerk armed with handgun stops rifle-carrying robber, HPD says\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VAcnnp5_wf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brave hotel clerk wasn&#8217;t going to be intimidated though, and after a brief exchange of words, she held up her own weapon towards the assailant.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The robber then became scared and fled the scene on foot, without any of the money he was after. 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