Man Shot During Robbery Attempt

LONGVIEW — A man is wounded during an attempted robbery. It happened July 31 around 6:10 p.m. Longview Officers responded to the Sunbelt Mobile Home Park at 1203 State Highway 31 South for a report of an attempted robbery. Officers arrived and located the victim, Benito Martinez, who had been shot in the leg and was bleeding. Martinez told officers that he was parked in his driveway looking for something in his car when he was approached by three young males who demanded his wallet. Martinez refused to give them his wallet and was subsequently shot in the leg by one of the suspects. The suspects then fled the location and were last seen running eastbound, where they jumped a fence and ran towards the Autumnwood Apartments. Martinez was transported by the Longview Fire Department/EMS to Good Shepherd Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. The suspects are described as three black males between the ages of 15-16, one wearing long black shorts, no shirt with a semi-automatic handgun.