HOUSTON— A local principal and her son were robbed at gunpoint outside a Texas hospital where the son is receiving cancer treatment, according to police reports.
Patronis Elementary Principal Ellie Spivey and her 30-year-old son, Russ, were robbed outside Lakewood Church in Houston on Wednesday. The assailant pointed a gun at Spivey as he attempted to steal her purse. Spivey stopped fighting after her son got in between the altercation. The gunman stole the purse and fled on foot.
Some of the Spivey family recently moved to Houston to care for Russ, who’s getting treatment for leukemia at a cancer center there.
The robber was still at large.