Customers take down gunman inside Houston sushi restaurant, HPD says

HOUSTON — At the least one UFC fighter helped take down a gunman inside a Houston restaurant late Monday evening, in keeping with witnesses.

In response to Houston police, they bought a panic alarm name at about 11:30 p.m. from the RA Sushi within the 3900 block of Westheimer Street. At about the identical time, they mentioned they acquired a number of calls a couple of taking pictures in progress on the restaurant.

When officers arrived, they mentioned the suspect had been taken into custody by two clients.

Police mentioned there have been about 40 to 50 individuals contained in the restaurant when a 24-year-old man on the bar pulled out a gun and fired one shot within the air. They mentioned the bullet hit the ceiling and no accidents had been reported.

In response to police, patrons had been in a position to take the gun from the suspect and management him till police arrived.

“If it wasn’t for the short pondering of the nice Samaritan taking the gun away, who is aware of what may have occurred,” HPD Sgt. Ricardo Salas mentioned. “We’re very grateful the citizen helped us out.”

A lady who was contained in the restaurant on the time of the taking pictures mentioned she was at dinner with three buddies, one among whom is a UFC fighter. She mentioned when the shot was fired, he went towards the suspect and helped take him into custody.

“We had been sitting down consuming and we simply heard this blow of wind and there was a man on the bar with a gun,” Sydney Singleton mentioned. “My good friend was working throughout the restaurant with a chair making an attempt to get the man down and he bought the man down.”

Singleton mentioned individuals began working and ducking once they heard the shot fired.

The gunman may very well be charged with possession of a stolen gun and illegally discharging a firearm, police mentioned.

This is the replace offered by police on the scene: