A robbery attempt in southwest Houston this week is turning into a cautionary tale that local gun shops say they’ve seen before, and it starts with something that feels ordinary: a quick stop at a range, a bag in your hand, and a drive home that you assume is uneventful.
ABC13’s Luke Jones reported that Houston police were called to an apartment complex on Rampart after a man who had just left a gun range was followed home and robbed, and the situation escalated when the victim fired back and shot one of the alleged robbers.
KHOU 11’s Maria Aguilera, reporting from the same case, said investigators described it as a form of “gun jugging,” where suspects trail someone they believe is carrying something valuable and then swarm them at a place they assume will be predictable – like an apartment parking lot…