Posted on 01/05/2024 1:46:14 AM PST by Morgana
A Texas vigilante who shot and killed a robber in a Houston restaurant last year will not be charged, a grand jury has decided.
The shooter, who was said to be 'protecting everyone' in the restaurant, struck Eric Eugene Washington, 30, nine times with one bullet hitting him execution-style in the head.
Washington had entered the El Ranchito taqueria on January 5, 2023 while flashing what appeared to be a gun, later discovered to be plastic, and robbing the residents inside.
The customer, 46, then shot Washington as he attempted to flee the scene, security footage from the event shows.
A Texas grand jury has now 'no billed' the shooter,' meaning no criminal charges will be filed against him in relation to the incident, Harris County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
The shooter, who wished to remain anonymous was within his right under Texas' self-defense laws, his attorney said at the time.
'In Texas, a shooting is justified in self-defense, defense of others and in defense of property,' attorney Juan L. Guerra Jr. said.
'In fear for his life and his friend's life, my client acted to protect everyone in the restaurant' he argued.
'This event has been very traumatic, taking a human life is something he does not take lightly and will burden him for the rest of his life.'
There were about 10 customers eating in the restaurant when Washington entered, wearing a black ski mask and gloves, and started to rob the diners.
Many scattered to the ground and gave over their possessions in fear of Washington - who was later revealed to be taunting the taco shop with a fake firearm.
Washington's mother, Corine Goodman, said the shooter should have stopped firing as soon as there was no longer a threat.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Check out this link...
https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2013/mar/nr030113-2.htm
Same name, same age, same skin color...
If we’re talking the same perp, holy cow.
Love to get a look at the dead guy’s rap sheet.
I’m thinking mommy may have left out quite a bit when she was talking about her dead son.
To your point, see my reply #21.
And the Daily Mail left out quite a bit, too, didn’t it...
Let's hear what Clint Smith has to say on this subject: Clint Smith - The Truth About Terminal Ballistics
The press is so corrupt...
Think of all the misery that WON’T happen because this thug is dead...
Heh. He guaranteed there was no longer a threat - case closed.
Thanks
They did that?
Had never heard that. Horrific.
This Guy lost multiple extended family relationships one afternoon, across multiple generations, prior to an Easter dinner meal, digging in his heels against the White Hispanic’s public media lynching (with the useful idiot family members gleefully regurgitating said narrative).
Look at all of those gimps.
“Nine times with one bullet. Impressive.“
Weird bullet behavior in Texas is nothing new…last one I remember was Dallas 1963.
Grand Juries apparently are advised of victim’s rapsheet.
In “regular” jury cases, his history cannot be considered.
Thank God this was in Texas.
Had this happened in California, the “vigilante” would be held w/o bail (in a no-cash bail state) and sent to prison for life.
Taco Takeout
Well his mother obviously did a terrible job raising her son. If he wasn’t robbing people, he would be alive today. Don’t feel the least sorry for her.
Fi ally some good news. Folks in that resteraunt had a “reasonable suspicion that their lives were in danger”, and in many states, that is enough to justify self defense- it doesn’t matter that the object the perp had was fake, he made I seem as though it was real, which was enough to justify self defense action agaisnt him. IF they had gambled and thought “well maybe it isn’t a gun”, and did nothing g to protect themselves, and it turned out to be a gun, many innocent lives could have been taken that day-
Thr perp is the only person responsible for what happened to him. He made a stupid decision to make like he was armed and to rob folks after giving off that Impression. Had he done what normal people do every day I stead of deciding g to rob people, he would still be alive- he made .a very stupid decision that day, and paid the ultimate price!
[[and in defense of property]]
SADLY many states have nearly or total,y done away with that- “defense of property”
Back during the riots in California when the trucker Reginald Denny was hit in the head with a brick and nearly died, folks in the area were on the rooftops of their stores with guns to protect their merch- and the state made a huge issue out of that and told the folks that they had no right to do so.
I can’t remember now if any store owner shot perps breaking into their store, but I do remember the store owners being threatened not to shoot.
It used to be that if someone tried to forcibly take something from so eone, the victim had a right to protect not just their own life, but their property too
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Say WHAT???
That's one heck of a bullet.
As a juror, I will not convict anyone of any crime for "taking out the trash".
The cops have abdicated their jobs; we're on our own. We the People must protect each other on the street and in the courtroom.
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