Man sleeping in truck shot and killed intruder who allegedly tried to rob him: Sheriff

A man shot and killed an alleged intruder who tried to rob him as he slept in his truck at an apartment complex in north Harris County, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Tuesday morning.

Deputies responded to the scene in the 300 block of Paramatta Lane near Imperial Valley Drive.

The suspected shooter was sleeping in the back seat of his four-door pickup truck when another man, who may have had a gun, entered the truck and tried to rob him, Gonzalez said.

The man sleeping in the truck had an AR-15 and shot the alleged intruder several times, according to investigators. The man died at the scene.

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