(TX) Storeowner cleared in death of robber 09-26-01
HoustonChronicle.com
Address:http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1064258 Sept.
26, 2001, 11:19PM
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Store owner cleared in death of robber, 17
A Houston convenience-store owner who fatally shot a teen-ager during a
robbery attempt earlier this month was no-billed Wednesday by a Harris
County grand jury.
Ngoc Thanh Le, owner of Westpark Food Store in the 9800 block of
Westpark, shot 17-year-old Adan Avellaneda of Needville about 11:45 p.m.
Sept. 15.
Avellaneda, armed with a knife, and an unidentified man armed with a gun
entered the store and threatened Le’s wife, said Assistant District
Attorney Julian Ramirez. Le, who had been sleeping behind the counter,
woke up and reached for a pistol he kept nearby, Ramirez said.
Le fired a shot, striking Avellaneda, who then died. The other man ran
away.
Texas law protects the defense of property as well as defense of a third
person, Ramirez said.
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