COLDSPRING, Texas (KTRK) -- The owner of a liquor store shot and killed a burglar early Wednesday morning in Coldspring in San Jacinto County, authorities told ABC13.
The owner of Frank's Liquor Store was asleep in a back room at about 5:45 a.m. when he awoke to the sound of someone inside his business, said Sheriff Greg Capers.
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When the owner came out of the room, he saw a burglar, who allegedly started to move toward him.
That's when the owner, who was armed with a 9 mm pistol, shot the burglar once, said Capers.
Police and EMS responded to the scene, and the suspected burglar was taken to the hospital in Cleveland, Texas, where the person died.
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The couple who owns the store just purchased it nine months ago.