Would-be robber “rehabilitated”

From the Houston Chronicle:

A male teen was fatally shot and two others are in custody after they apparently confronted a delivery driver late last night in southeast Houston.

The shooting occurred about 11 p.m. Thursday in the 8600 block of Martin Luther King Blvd.

The teen, who has not been identified, was shot at least once, police said.

Investigators said a vendor was delivering products to a store when three confronted him and asked him to give them some of the items. He refused and they began beating him.

The vendor pulled out a handgun and shot one of them.

Emphasis mine ….

Asked ? Really ? Oh, and I suppose it just wasn’t relevant to the story that the delivery driver is licensed to carry the handgun.