Robber gunned down on Pasadena street

A man shot and killed a robber who allegedly held him at gunpoint on a Pasadena street Friday night.

The victim was walking in the 600 block of Hawthorne near Wafer around 10:30 p.m. after shopping when a dark-colored truck pulled up beside him, said Pasadena Police spokesman Vance Mitchell.

An armed man then got out of a vehicle, pointing a gun in the victim's face and demanding that he give him everything he had, Mitchell said.

After the victim handed over a bag with the boots he'd just purchased, he heard another man in the truck yell to the gunman to shoot him, Mitchell said.

In fear for his life, the victim pulled out his own gun and began shooting toward the robber, striking him, Mitchell said. The suspect then jumped back in the vehicle, which fled down the street to the intersection of Wafer and Southmore.

A few moments later, witnesses flagged down police officers and told them the truck had been involved in a robbery.

Paramedics took the gunman in the robbery to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, Mitchell said. Officers arrested the driver and another passenger in the truck, Mitchell said, adding that charges are pending against the two men.

No charges have been filed in the shooting and Mitchell said the case will be referred to a Harris County Grand Jury.