Unarmed Security Guard Shot 11 Times At Galveston Resort

GALVESTON TX -- Police are looking for the men who shot an unarmed security guard multiple times outside the San Luis Resort Hotel.

The shooting happened in the 5200 block of Seawall Boulevard, at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday, in the back parking lot of the hotel.

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Police said Phillip Molis, a security guard at the resort hotel, was making a security check of the area and apparently saw three men acting suspicious.

Investigators said when Molis approached the men and asked them what they were doing, they pulled out guns and started shooting.

Molis, who was hit 11 times, was taken to an area hospital where he underwent surgery, and is expected to survive.

Investigators believe the shooting may have had something to do with Molis' uniform, which resembles the Galveston Police Department uniform, with the exception of the patches on the sleeves.

Investigators from the Galveston Police Department, Texas City Police, and Lamar Police Department, along with police from University of Texas Medical Branch used K-9s to search for search for the suspects, who police described as three black men.

The men are considered armed and dangerous.

Anyone with information about the shooting or the whereabouts of the three men is asked to call 911 or the Galveston police non-emergency number at 409-765-3702.

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