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‘Glad to be alive’: Family describes Hill Country road rage shooting (TX)
kxan ^ | Dec. 5, 2017 | Jacqulyn Powell

Posted on 12/06/2017 8:35:38 AM PST by bgill

Johnny Henderson of Cottonwood Shores says his family was driving down Farm to Market 1431 about 8 miles east of Marble Falls on Thursday when they came across a couple of cars going suspiciously slow. Henderson says one took off, then the other tailgated his family’s SUV, eventually ramming into them, causing them to lose control. Henderson says at about that time, an off-duty Austin Police Department officer pulled up and asked if everything was all right. Henderson says before he knew it, the man who’d run his family off of the road had pulled a gun and began shooting at his wife and son.

(Excerpt) Read more at kxan.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: austin; burnetcounty; roadrage
Finally, a little info is trickling out about this. Something didn't smell right. IMO, with the gunman not being charged yet, it smells like drug trafficking and the LE is waiting for him to spill the beans on the big guys. Also, with the officer still not being named, was he there under cover?
1 posted on 12/06/2017 8:35:38 AM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

There’s still a lot of questions. This tells basically the same info I read on this yesterday.


2 posted on 12/06/2017 8:41:47 AM PST by circlecity
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To: bgill

Same with the Ambush Shooting of the police officer in San Marcos.

Information about the suspect has been very slow to come out.

Why do we know almost nothing about the perpetrators of these violent attacks?


3 posted on 12/06/2017 8:44:59 AM PST by Joe Dallas
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The SM guy’s name was accidentally released that first evening by a reporter and you should have seen the other reporters’ faces. That said it all. Then no one repeated the name on any of the channels until last night. All hush hush.


4 posted on 12/06/2017 8:50:56 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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“Henderson’s hand was broken from punching the suspect unconscious and knocking the gun out of his hand.”

Good fro you, dad!


5 posted on 12/06/2017 8:53:00 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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We just have the Cop Killer’s name.....that’s all.

Nothing about him.

he was from the San Marcos East Side.

That’s about all.


6 posted on 12/06/2017 8:55:00 AM PST by Joe Dallas
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“Why do we know almost nothing about the perpetrators of these violent attacks?”

Because they’re not white? I’m just guessing. Complete shot in the dark and all.


7 posted on 12/06/2017 8:55:06 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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Imagine this story for the kid’s college application.


8 posted on 12/06/2017 8:56:34 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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The video and story just add to the confusion. What the driver/dad said who beat the guy until his hand and arm were broken in two different places didn’t make a whole lot of sense. Why did the police officer allow someone to beat the crap out of another person who had already been shot? And they are saying that their car that has a little dent in the rear quarter panel can’t be driven and they can’t make an insurance claim to get their car fixed until they know the name of the other guy who attacked them? Did they have their own insurance?


9 posted on 12/06/2017 8:56:48 AM PST by fireman15
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Looknig at his skin color and listening to his accent, it seems his name should be Johnny Hernandez. Very confusing story.


10 posted on 12/06/2017 9:09:30 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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Their insurance company probably wants the other guy’s name so they can make his insurance company pay the damages. Could also be the LE wants to keep the car for evidence. There’s a lot more to this story than just a fender bender and road rage.


11 posted on 12/06/2017 9:29:42 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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‘Looknig at his skin color and listening to his accent, it seems his name should be Johnny Hernandez.’

Are you saying the attack was racially motivated?


12 posted on 12/06/2017 9:33:27 AM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: bgill

and you should have seen the other reporters’ faces.


You mean you think the cops asked them not to ID because of ongoing invo?


13 posted on 12/06/2017 9:33:57 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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yes


14 posted on 12/06/2017 9:35:08 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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No. I just think it is strange a brown skinned family whose male adult that speaks with a Spanish accent is named Johnny Henderson.


15 posted on 12/06/2017 4:11:33 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: circlecity; Joe Dallas; vladimir998; fireman15; antidemoncrat; txhurl

Update - The unidentified bad guy got a gun from under his car seat and began firing at the family. The family ran into some tall grass. The unidentified officer showed up and he and bad guy fired at each other. Bad guy was shot twice and ran into the tall grass where the father was. Bad guy was still armed and smiled at the father. Father hit him several times before finally knocking bad guy unconscious at which time he was able to turn the guy over, grab his arm behind him and take the gun.


16 posted on 12/06/2017 4:51:03 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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Thank you for the update!


17 posted on 12/06/2017 5:29:43 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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