17-year old Houston boy shot, 15-year old brother threatened, by robbers

Daniel Delarosa, age 15

15-year old Daniel Delarosa, his 17-year old brother, and their mother, were about to step out of their home to go to school when three masked men with guns attacked.

The mother was threatened.  When the 17-year old tried to run inside, he was shot twice, in the chest and leg.

15-year old Daniel was in his room at the time and came out to see what had happened.  The robbers then forced him to show them the family safe, and threatened to shoot him as well, before fleeing.

Daniel and his mother were unharmed.  Daniel's brother is hospitalized but expected to survive.

From an article and news video:

The Harris County Sheriff's Office said three men confronted a woman as she walked out of her house in the 4800 block of Debeney Drive at 7 a.m. 

One of the men grabbed the woman and demanded money. Her 17-year-old son saw the men grab his mom and tried to run back in the house, investigators said. The men then kicked in the front door, shattering glass, and shot the 17-year-old in the chest and leg, officials said. 

"My brother closed the door and they just knocked it down, shot the door. So, he opened it and shot my brother," said Daniel Delarosa, 15. "He was trying to hit me with the gun, so I dodged and he hit the wall." 

Delarosa said the men threatened to kill his mother, so he took them to a safe in his mother's room. They stole money and jewelry from it. 

"I'm like, 'Don't kill my mom. Kill me first,'" he said. 

The 17-year-old was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital. His condition was not released, but he is expected to survive. 

The crooks fled the scene. 

"I seen them around before, like they looked familiar," Delarosa said. 

The mother was on her way to drop off her sons at school when the crime occurred. 

"I don't know why anybody would shoot him," a neighbor said.

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