Armed Husband Dishes Out 'Lethal Dose of Texas Justice' After Suspects Kidnap Him and His Wife, Then Force Them to Rob Bank

A pair of suspected criminals got what the Huffington Post described as a "lethal dose of Texas justice" last week after allegedly kidnapping a couple and then forcing them to rob a bank.

Investigators are not releasing the names of the couple, but believe the suspects knew the wife worked at First National Bank of Eagle Lake in Columbus, Texas, or they would've have staked out the couple's home and forced her to withdraw an undisclosed amount of money from the bank after-hours.

(Photo: KHOU-TV)

After the robbery, police say the suspects -- identified as 20-year-old Jordan Kutach and 21-year-old Preston Kutach -- forced the husband to drive the group in his truck down Highway 71.

However, they were presumably unaware that the husband had a firearm in his car. After surreptitiously accessing it, the husband shot both suspects, seriously wounding one and killing the other.

Residents say the husband is a reserve officer with the sheriff’s department, and that the community supports him and his wife throughout this difficult time, KHOU-TV reports.

“I’m sure that they’re both going to be upset for awhile,” resident Brenda Buehler said. “It’s a frightening thing to have happen, but I think everybody’s going to tell them good job.”

Resident Evan Mullins added: “It’s very positive to a community to hear that the good guy does win in the end."

More on the story from KHOU-TV, below:

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