A busy Houston meat market that hadn’t been robbed in 60 years of business had that streak broken this past Saturday when a man attempted to rob the store at gunpoint. When the teen-aged clerk didn’t move fast enough for the criminal and the robber fired at her, manager J.L. Nickel gave the robber several reasons to reconsider his profession, including one to the back of the head. That’s when Nickel took action. He fired two shots, hitting the man in the back of the head.

“Just spur of the moment,” he said. “I just did what I had to do. Everything …read more