Jewelry store employee shoots at suspects during robbery at Katy Mills Mall: police

Authorities are investigating after a robbery where shots were fired in at the Katy Mills Mall on Friday evening. 

According to the Katy Police Department, they were called out to the mall around 7 p.m.


When officers arrived, they determined two masked male suspects entered a business inside the mall and smashed a display case with a nail gun and took miscellaneous jewelry, police said. 

Police said that's when an employee displayed a handgun and fired several shots at the suspects. 

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It's unclear if either suspect was struck by the gunfire, authorities said. 

There were no other reports of injuries inside the mall. 

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Police added the suspects fled the scene in a white SUV. 

If you have any information about the suspects, contact the Katy Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at (281) 391-4848.