Francis Hazzard ID’d As TX Loomis Guard Shot Dead At Houston Popeyes Chicken Thursday

HOUSTON, TX. (THECOUNT) — Francis Lawrence Hazzard has been identified as the Loomis Cash Handling Company guard shot dead while making a pick up at a Houston Popeyes Chicken restaurant Thursday, according to reports.

Hazzard, 68, was killed in an apparent robbery Popeyes Chicken restaurant at 5005 Antoine Drive, in northwest Houston on Thursday. Police are seeking at least three suspects in the brutal incident.

Hazzard was outside of the truck making a cash pickup at the restaurant when he was ambushed, reports KENS.

Three new surveillance pictures have been released by the Houston Police Department as investigators work to find at least three men accused of shooting and killing an armored truck courier.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved man:

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Anyone with possible information on the deadly incident should contact police immediately at 911.

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