Surveillance footage shows two men calmly walking into the DoubleTree Hotel lobby before ambushing the victim.
HOUSTON — A violent robbery inside a Galleria-area hotel was caught on camera, showing suspects beating a man and stealing thousands of dollars, jewelry and designer bags.
The robbery happened inside the DoubleTree Hotel on Westheimer near Sage.
Surveillance footage shows two men calmly walking into the hotel lobby before ambushing the victim. The man, who asked to be identified as Bryton, told KHOU 11 he sensed something was wrong even before entering the hotel.
“They were posted across the street and waited for my car to pull up,” Bryton said.
He said the suspects drove up in a white car and parked next to him. Feeling uneasy, Bryton asked the hotel valet to investigate.
“Go see who is onside me. He said a young Black dude… nah I ain’t getting out,” Bryton recalled.
The valet then alerted the hotel’s security guard.
“When the security guard came, he said, ‘I got you. Ain’t nothing going to happen to you,’” Bryton said.
“He scanned me to go to the hotel. And it locked—I didn’t think nobody was going to get in there.”
But moments after checking in, Bryton said the men were somehow inside. That’s when they attacked.
“I thought they were fixing to kill me, and I was going to fight back,” he said. “I didn’t do nothing. I didn’t see that security. Hear him or see him come.”
Bryton shared photos of his injuries, which KHOU 11 has chosen not to air due to their graphic nature. He says bones around his eye are broken and that he now needs surgery.
“I hope my eye isn’t permanent,” he said. “My vision is blurred on the right side. Real bad headaches.”
Bryton had just returned from a nearby poker game before the attack. He said the suspects stole thousands of dollars in poker winnings, along with designer bags and jewelry.
“It’s going to catch up with them. I don’t want to do nothing to them,” Bryton said. “I don’t think they should be doing that kind of stuff.”
Anyone with information about the robbery is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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