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Man shoots would-be robber dead
09:50 AM CDT on Monday, May 26, 2008
HOUSTON -- A roofer fatally shot a would-be robber Sunday moments after the 21-year-old man stole the roofer’s cash and cell phone, police said.
The suspected robber shoved a pistol into the back of roofer Juan Ibarra, who was hitching a trailer to his pickup Sunday morning outside of a Houston town house complex, police said.
The alleged robber grabbed Ibarra’s cell phone and cash and began walking away, police said. But the man stopped to pick up some money that had fallen out of the wallet.
Ibarra, who has a concealed handgun permit, pulled out a revolver and shot the man at least three times, police said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ibarra was not charged in the fatal shooting. The case will be referred to a Harris County grand jury, police said.
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