HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston's downtown resembled the Wild West Tuesday morning when an escaped horse ran loose on the streets.
Mark Armes posted a video to Facebook showing the horse running loose on Rusk near Crawford near the George R. Brown Convention center.
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The Houston Police Department says the mounted patrol was flagged down by citizens who were allegedly holding down a robbery suspect.
Officers went to detain the suspect, which resulted in a short struggle. Astro, the horse, was spooked and started to run.
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Authorities were able to locate Astro near Congress and Jackson, a few minutes after its great escape.
The horse was not injured.