[VIDEO] Armed Security Guard Gets Complacent — Almost Pays For It With His Life

By James England

HOUSTON, TEXAS — Around 2 a.m., surveillance footage shows an armed security guard leaning over the counter when a young man enters the shop. The suspect attempted to grab the security guard’s gun and the two entered into a struggle to maintain control over the firearm. The shop clerk was seen racing outside with a high-reach hangar and swinging it over the suspect’s back. Eventually, the suspect disentangles himself and attempts to flee the scene. The security guard drew his handgun and shot the suspect in the leg.

By the time police arrived, according to Click 2 Houston, the suspect was long gone. They are trying to identify him through the surveillance footage but that could be inconclusive.

In terms of shooting a fleeing suspect, the security guard could arguably be covered under Texas law because of their legal definitions surrounding deadly force. In almost any other case, in almost any other state, that security guard could have potentially faced charges.

What if that suspect had gained the upper hand at any point during that struggle?

Now you have an armed, violent suspect and two unarmed people.

This is the price of complacency. In the Marine Corps, they …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation