HOUSTON – A female employee at a nail salon was shot in the back during a robbery at a nail salon in northwest Harris County, deputies said.

The shooting happened at Red Nails Salon, 13123 Veterans Memorial at Old Bammel N. Houston Road.

Surveillance video from inside the salon shows two robbers barge in, both wearing hooded sweatshirts with their faces hidden.

One of the suspects was carrying a gun. They went person to person, taking purses and cell phones. One of the workers tried to hide behind a pedicure chair but the robbers found her and stole her money, too.



"I saw the man when he pointed the gun and shot her," said Jasmine, who was inside getting her nails done when the robbery happened. "I'm still shaking. It's scary."

Jasmine said that after the worker was shot, she called 911 and waited with the victim until paramedics arrived.

"She wasn't really talking, she was just down. She was really strong, though, trying to hold the pain. I just tried to take care of her."

Investigators on the scene told Local 2 the men had tried to rob at least two other businesses in the same strip mall. They first tried to go into the liquor store next to the nail salon but the doors were locked. They tried to get into one other business but the doors there were also locked. The nail salon was their third try.

"I'm still shaking," Jasmine said. "You never know if you're going to get shot or not. I was turned away trying not to look at them, trying not to get their attention."

Jasmine's mom, Maria, was also in the salon.

"They came inside and I closed my eyes," she told Local 2.

Investigators with the Harris County Sheriff's Office spent several hours at the salon, dusting for finger prints, interviewing witnesses and reviewing the surveillance video. Investigators have not released the name of the victim.