Progressive Justice strikes again: Houston man arrested 67 times murders 80y/o woman

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At 9:55 a.m., the Houston Police Department received a call of a suspicious person outside a Fiesta Mart near 8600 South Braeswood Boulevard. The suspect was soliciting customers for money and threatening them with a knife, Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a news briefing Saturday afternoon.

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Soon after, employees at a nearby Walgreens noticed a man, who matched the description of the suspect near the Fiest Mart, lingering outside. As a woman approximately 80 years of age exited Walgreens and walked back to her car, the man stabbed the woman in the chest, Acevedo said.

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The suspect entered the woman’s car and attempted to start it. Witnesses flagged down an officer nearby. The officer exited his patrol car and ordered the suspect, still armed with a blade, to exit the car. After about 15 seconds, the suspect exited the car and pointed the knife toward the officer, Acevedo said. The officer discharged two rounds, striking the suspect.

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The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene by the Houston Fire Department.

The woman, identified as Rosalie Cook, was transported to Memorial Hermann where she later died of her injuries.

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Two of Cook’s children were seen comforting one another at the scene. They said their mother leaves behind four children and six grandchildren.

“I got a message from her yesterday, and I want to keep it," said a family friend Oscar Lara. “She’s so sweet. She always takes care of everybody.”

Lara has lived next door to Cook for 14 years. He described her as Mama Rose.

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“What was found, makes me angry, is this suspect didn’t just stab an 80-year-old woman,” Acevedo said. "He then goes down and starts rifling through her stuff and then tries to steal her car.”

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