courtney_10p_090408WMV_14_0364-t240.jpgHOUSTON — Police
say armed robbers shot and killed the owner of the Black Widow Tattoo
Parlor in northwest Houston Wednesday morning. Investigators believe
the owner was protecting his customers from the suspects when he was
killed.

Now friends and family are remembering the man who sacrificed his life to defend others.

“I’m wearing him on the insides of both arms,” said victim’s friend
Bart Stewart, while showing his tattoos. “His dream was to always open
the shop and he was relentless in getting this shop open.”

But early Wednesday morning, the shop turned into a crime scene.

Investigators say three men, dressed in dark clothes and wearing
bandanas to cover their faces, tried to rob customers at the Black
Widow Tattoo Parlor. Friends say Steve Robbins got in the middle of the
robbery and paid for his actions with his life. He was shot several
times.

“It didn’t shock me at all that he put himself at
risk to protect his customers. He did not have a fearful bone in his
body,” Stewart said.

Friends say that Robbins wasn’t only brave, but also generous.

“If they would have came to Steve and asked him for whatever, he would
have gladly, and all of us agree, taken his shirt off his back,” one
friend said.

Friends say by no means was Robbins a perfect angel, but he didn’t deserve to die like this.

Police are looking for three suspects who left in a white four door
Cadillac with dark tinted windows and chrome wheels.

If you have any information on this incident, contact police. 

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