Woman fatally shot outside Texas Cracker Barrel while protecting employee

A woman was fatally shot outside of the Cracker Barrel where she worked while trying to protect a co-worker from an attempted robbery in north Harris County, Texas, according to authorities.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the woman, identified as Robin Baucom, a 59-year-old grandmother, was shot after she opened one of the restaurant’s doors to let an employee in at 6:15 a.m. Saturday as an armed suspect attempted to grab her employee’s purse, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.