SPLENDORA, Texas — Two armed suspects were arrested early Friday morning at a Splendora Whataburger after police responded to a robbery in progress in under one minute, interrupting a physical altercation between the suspects and restaurant employees.
Splendora police were dispatched at approximately 2:02 a.m. to the Whataburger along Interstate 69. Multiple callers reported that two individuals armed with a firearm were inside the restaurant and that the weapon had been fired inside the building.
Officers arrived on scene in under one minute and immediately entered the restaurant, where they found employees physically fighting with the two suspects, police say. Police intervened and secured the scene, taking both suspects into custody without further injury to employees, officers or bystanders. A firearm was recovered inside the restaurant…