5 suspects on run after SW Houston game room shooting

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Police have released surveillance photographs in a shooting Thursday afternoon at a game room that left a security guard seriously wounded in southwest Houston.

Five suspects, three men and two women, fled after the gunfire and are on the run.

The guard, Rueben Portillo, 53, was critically wounded in the shooting, which happened about 12:30 p.m. at the Lucky Star Game Room at 10950 Bissonnet.

Police said Portillo was shot in the head and was in critical condition when he was rushed to Ben Taub General Hospital.

Police said the suspects walked into the game room and began playing electronic slot machines. Suddenly, one of the men attacked Portillo, As the two struggled for Portillo's gun, another of the men joined the fight, attacking Portillo. During the fight, police said, the gun went off and Portillo was wounded.

The men then robbed patrons inside the game room. The five suspects left the business and sped away in separate cars, a silver-colored two-door Honda Accord and a red Nissan Sentra with tinted windows and rear spoiler.

The suspects were said to be Hispanic.

Anyone with information about the suspects' whereabouts or identities is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.