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Man fatally shot after fight over jukebox song selection at restaurant
Kbtx ^ | 30 Sep 2024 | Kali O’rourk

Posted on 09/30/2024 2:38:17 PM PDT by OldHarbor

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Gray News) - A man accused of fatally shooting another man at a Florida restaurant after an argument over a jukebox song is facing murder charges.

Police say an argument between two men, 46-year-old Cesar Esquivel Estrada and 54-year-old Socorro Camacho, escalated into gun violence. The incident happened just before 1:30 a.m. last Monday at Antojitos Mexicanos, a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, according to WTVJ.

Mauro Bonilla, who frequents the restaurant, says his friends who were there at the time told him it began when Estrada started playing a song on the jukebox, WFOR reports. Socorro Comacho then went up to him and allegedly said, “You’re not a real Mexican if you play that music.”

As the argument escalated, Estrada reportedly pulled out a gun and started shooting. Socorro Camacho, who was shot multiple times, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to WPLG.

“It’s just sad because this is a good neighborhood, and it never happens,” Bonilla told WFOR. “I’m very shocked that someone got shot there and killed.”

After the shooting, Estrada ran off, the restaurant’s manager told WFOR. An arrest warrant was issued for him last Monday, and he was taken into custody the next day.

The victim’s brother, Julian Camacho, told WTVJ his family knew something was wrong when they couldn’t get in touch with him. He says he is devastated by his brother’s death since he was the only family he had in Florida.

“I only know they fought over a song, and that is it,” he said in Spanish.

Police have not disclosed whether the victim and suspect were known to each other.

Restaurant staff told WPLG they are relieved an arrest was made, describing Socorro Comacho as a loyal customer and a person with a good heart.

Estrada is charged with first-degree murder, among other charges. He is being held without bail.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: florida; jukebox
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To: OldHarbor
“It’s just sad because this is a good neighborhood, and it never happens,”

"We never have people getting murdered over jukebox songs in this neighborhood."

21 posted on 09/30/2024 3:12:08 PM PDT by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A Yoko Ono Song?


22 posted on 09/30/2024 3:12:16 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: OldHarbor

That this occurred in Florida does not surprise me. That the shooter is not wearing a mullet kind of does.


23 posted on 09/30/2024 3:13:43 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: cyclotic

I curse you, sir.


24 posted on 09/30/2024 3:14:30 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: \/\/ayne
No one can fight while that song is playing.

They are too busy dancing.

25 posted on 09/30/2024 3:14:33 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: OldHarbor

Well, I guess Estrada proved he was a real Mexican after all.


26 posted on 09/30/2024 3:17:32 PM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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To: OldHarbor

27 posted on 09/30/2024 3:18:13 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: \/\/ayne
mucho cackle-o. and so the thread isn't all bad news, here's my favorite mexi-rock:
28 posted on 09/30/2024 3:19:22 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: OldHarbor

If it was Steve Miller Band I’d say it was justified🧐


29 posted on 09/30/2024 3:20:23 PM PDT by 6ppc (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act -George Orwell)
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To: cyclotic
He had to play B17 didn’t he?

Came here to leave that comment...

30 posted on 09/30/2024 3:24:48 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: cyclotic
He had to play B17 didn't he?

It was our song, it was his song, but it's over.

Bang

31 posted on 09/30/2024 3:24:54 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: OldHarbor

“Socorro Comacho then went up to him and allegedly said, “You’re not a real Mexican if you play that music.””

“Si, you ain’t Mexican if you play that music.” ~ Jose Bidenos


32 posted on 09/30/2024 3:32:45 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: OldHarbor; SaveFerris; PROCON

When I put a quarter in the jukebox, I expect to hear Desperado and Witchy Woman. Someone else can pick the third choice.


33 posted on 09/30/2024 3:32:54 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Vendome
Alan Jackson - Don't Rock The Jukebox
34 posted on 09/30/2024 3:32:59 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: OldHarbor

Real Mexicans don’t live in Florida. (They live in Texas.)


35 posted on 09/30/2024 3:37:56 PM PDT by unlearner (I, Robot: I think I finally understand why Dr. Lanning created me... ;-)
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To: OldHarbor

Whenever I hear that song I want to kill someone. Just sayin’....


36 posted on 09/30/2024 3:38:08 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: OldHarbor

“Don’t play B17”


37 posted on 09/30/2024 3:38:57 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: OldHarbor

I have it on somewhat good authority that the song in question was “Mr Roboto” by Styx.


38 posted on 09/30/2024 3:41:12 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (7,797,618 Truth | 91,192,773 Twitter)
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To: OldHarbor

Play that funky music white boy....

Betcha’ drugs and or alcohol was involved ...

Betcha’,by golly, wow....

Please don’t tell me that Hell is unfair....


39 posted on 09/30/2024 3:54:37 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: OldHarbor

they dint name the song??? WTF...


40 posted on 09/30/2024 3:55:52 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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