Houston Phone Sale Meetup Ends in Robbery and Shooting

The man had arranged to sell a cellphone to people he had contacted online. At about 4:30 p.m. on November 5, he met them at an apartment complex in the 3600 block of North MacGregor Way, near Tierwester Street.

At least two people arrived and robbed him, police said. The holdup left the man with a gunshot wound to his hip. He received treatment at a hospital, where he was in stable condition and expected to survive.

The suspects left the scene and had not been taken into custody. Police had not publicly identified anyone involved in the incident.