For second time in 2 days, robbery suspect killed by store clerk Shooting occurs day after 2 others slain in store heist

A day after a clerk at a southwest Houston convenience store shot and killed a pair of robbers late Monday, a man suspected of attempting to rob a north Houston liquor store was killed during a struggle with an employee.

The robbery suspect struck about 3 p.m. Tuesday at Sand Liquor along the North Sam Houston Parkway near Greenspoint.

"He produced a gun and demanded money at gunpoint from the clerk," said Ivan Ulloa, a Houston police homicide detective.

Police said the robber, whose identity was still unknown later Tuesday, vaulted over the counter at the clerk.

Pawan Kumar, the owner of the liquor store, identified the clerk as his uncle Nandlal Kumar.

"Thank God my uncle is safe," Kumar said.

Kumar said he was in Beaumont when his uncle called him about the incident.

The owner said the robber forced his way into the store and came at his uncle with the pistol drawn.

Pawan Kumar said his uncle told him the gun fell to the ground as they struggled.

"He (the clerk) got the gun and they were fighting, fighting, fighting," Kumar said.

He said his uncle managed to gain control of the pistol and used it to defend himself against the robber.

Pawan Kumar said the robber appeared to be in his 20s. Police at the scene would only say that he appeared to be "young."

Nandlal Kumar was treated at the scene for minor abrasions but was otherwise unharmed.

About 7 p.m. on Monday, three men forced their way into a Super K store at 9010 Beechnut near Jorine in what police said was an attempted robbery.

One of the men then hit an employee in the head with a pistol, police said.

Another clerk was in the back and saw the armed robber strike his co-worker. He pulled out a pistol and began firing, striking the robber who attacked his fellow employee and one of the other men, police said.

The robbery suspects fled in a tan-colored sedan. They were dropped off across the street from Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital where he they died.

Alden Tu, the owner of the Super K store said it was the second time robbers struck his southwest Houston business in as many weeks.

"There are all kinds of problems here," he said Monday.

Police are continuing to search for another man who was involved in Monday's attempted robbery.