Son killed protecting mom at Subway shop where both worked

Houston police say an 18-year-old sandwich shop employee has been fatally shot Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Houston, during an attempted robbery as he tried to protect his mother who also worked at the store. Police say the Javier Flores and his mother were the only people in the southeast Houston Subway restaurant near closing time Wednesday night when two assailants rushed in and pointed a gun at the woman. Detective David Crowder says Flores "attempted to push (her) out of the way as the suspect was firing, and he was hit and the mother was not." ( J. Patric Schneider/Houston Chronicle via AP) (The Associated Press)

An officer stands outside a Subway in Houston, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Houston police say an 18-year-old sandwich shop employee has been fatally shot during an attempted robbery as he tried to protect his mother who also worked at the store. Police say the Javier Flores and his mother were the only people in the southeast Houston Subway restaurant near closing time Wednesday night when two assailants rushed in and pointed a gun at the woman. Detective David Crowder says Flores "attempted to push (her) out of the way as the suspect was firing, and he was hit and the mother was not." ( J. Patric Schneider/Houston Chronicle via AP) (The Associated Press)

Max Vasquez, brother of 18-year-old Subway employee Javier Flores, and his mother put flowers at the make-shift memorial at the vigil prepared for Flores Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Houston. Police say Flores and his mother were the only people working in the southeast Houston Subway restaurant near closing time Wednesday night when two assailants rushed in and pointed a gun at the woman. Detective David Crowder says Flores "attempted to push (her) out of the way as the suspect was firing, and he was hit and the mother was not." (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP) (The Associated Press)