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Not only banks. There's a higher incidence of robberies of businesses and persons in parking lots, and burglaries.

I've noted burglaries in places that you can't even see from the road, which are minutes from a major highway.

- Jim

It's always shocking when it happens near where you live or work, but there is no parking lot of a closed business that is a good place to be at 3 a.m.

Crime happens all up and down the Gulf Freeway. People who don't live around here may forget about all the corpses found around Calder Road and all the young women who have disappeared over the years, like Jessica Cain.

- Jim

I seriously doubt the writer really thinks the cops are supposed to take a hit from an armed robber. This is a snarky column in an "alternative" newspaper.

Here are two legitimate news stories about this incident. The first one contains a lot more details.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas ... 493676.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.click2houston.com/news/HPD-M ... /bnpo54/-/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The robbery victims were three cops. They initially complied with the robber. As the situation deteriorated, two cops shot him.

The same man is a suspect in a robber that occurred nearby minutes earlier.

For trying to rob three able-bodied adult men, even if it was in a bad neighborhood after midnight, I nominate the deceased for a Darwin award, bronze level, with a notation for not being able to recognize narcotics officers.

- Jim