A 9-year-old girl died after a man who was held up at a Houston, Texas ATM fired at her family’s pickup truck while attempting to shoot the robbery suspect, ABC News reports.
Police said that Tony Earls, 41, who had a “permitless concealed carry” gun, was making a transaction at a drive-thru ATM at 2900 Woodridge Dr. in southeastern Houston with his wife Monday shortly before 10 p.m. when he was robbed at gunpoint, according to ABC News.
“Earls first shot at the robbery suspect, who was fleeing on foot, and then at a pickup truck he thought the robbery suspect had gotten into,” police said, according to the report.
Police said that “one of those rounds struck the back window of the pickup truck, which was occupied by a family of five that was not involved in the robbery. The 9-year-old girl was in the rear passenger seat when she was struck during the shooting.
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The girl, identified as Arlene Alvarez, was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical condition but doctors weren’t able to save her. She was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon, police said.
