Taqueria stand owner shot, killed Sunday morning in Montgomery Co.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - The owner of a taqueria stand in Montgomery County was shot and killed early Sunday morning.
According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, they responded to a shots fired call on FM 2978 and Carraway, just north of Tomball, around 1 a.m.
When deputies arrived, they found 37-year-old Miguel Angel Flores-Delarosa with a gunshot wound.
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Deputies learned that Delarosa and his common-law wife were working in a portable storage building directly behind a food trailer.
That's when, authorities said, two Black male suspects entered the storage building pointing pistols at the couple demanding money and their cell phones.
Authorities said one of the suspects fired his gun, striking Flores-Delarosa, then the suspects fled the scene.
Flores-Delarosa died at the scene from his injuries, authorities said.
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If you have any information about this incident, you’re asked to contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at (936) 760-5800 or Multi-County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-392-STOP.