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People pay their respect at a vigil held for the 18-year-old Subway employee Javier Flores Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Houston. Police say the Flores and his mother were the only people working in the southeast Houston Subway restaurant near closing time Wednesday night when two assailants rushed in and pointed a gun at the woman. Flores was fatally shot as he tried to protect his mother during an attempted robbery at the store. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Max Vasquez, brother of 18-year-old Subway employee Javier Flores, and his mother put flowers at the make-shift memorial at the vigil prepared for Flores Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Houston. Police say Flores and his mother were the only people working in the southeast Houston Subway restaurant near closing time Wednesday night when two assailants rushed in and pointed a gun at the woman. Detective David Crowder says Flores "attempted to push (her) out of the way as the suspect was firing, and he was hit and the mother was not." (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)