HARRIS COUNTY – A security guard was shot while trying to stop an attempted robbery at a poker room in north Harris County Thursday morning, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
Deputies responded to the Texas Card House poker room in the 1400 block of Spring Cypress Road shortly after 6 a.m.
Sheriff Gonzalez said several suspects attempted to rob the poker room. The security guard, who was on-site, got involved and attempted to stop the robbery.
That was when, according to Gonzalez, a “gun battle” ensued between the suspects, with “dozens of shots fired.” The security guard was hit by the gunfire.