Police fatally shoot 2 robbery suspects HOUSTON — A tactical team had been tracking a group of five robbery suspects in the hours before their last stop, a Houston furniture store where officers opened fire and killed two of the suspects and injured two others, authorities said Friday. Houston police spokesman John Cannon declined to explain Friday why the suspects weren’t apprehended before the holdup and shooting late Thursday at the Affordable Furniture store in a shopping plaza adjacent to busy Interstate 45.

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