Man killed while trying to protect pregnant employee

(3/13/06 - KTRK/HOUSTON) (KTRK) -- A man trying to protect one of his pregnant employees died in a vicious machete attack.

It happened around 10:45pm Sunday on Crosstimbers and Fulton in north Houston. Police say a woman and her estranged husband began arguing outside the Lucky Seafood Market near Northline Mall.

The woman works at the market and her boss tried to get the husband to leave. An eyewitness says that's when the husband pulled a machete and attacked the market owner.

"The lady came, saying her husband killed some man. Me and that lady went back there to check and the back of his head he has a big hole in the back," said eyewitness Gustavo Silva. "The husband hit him with a machete in the back of his head"

The estranged couple's 12-year-old daughter was also on the scene and saw the entire incident. The husband took off and has not been found. His wife, being pregnant, was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
(Copyright © 2006, KTRK-TV)

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