Posted on 05/29/2013 3:48:24 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Family and friends of the late Gilbert Medina, Jr admit he is guilty of a lot of things.
They said he was a drug addict, a panhandler and a bad father.
"My heart just breaks because Medina was part of the family, part of our hearts," Victoria Gutierrez, Medina’s cousin said.
They do not believe he deserved to die last March, when he tried to burglarize the Pumpjack restaurant off Monte Cristo road in Edinburg.
"Not to kill a person...I don't think it's worth it," Catalina Ozuna, Gilbert's mother said. "I don't think it's worth it to kill a person. He can shoot him in the leg and let him go. The police are going to look for him."
The business owner who shot Medina four times will not face criminal charges, according to Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra.
A Grand Jury did not find enough evidence to indict Raymond Rojas who is currently out of town and could not be reached for a comment on the case.
His wife Esperanza Rojas did speak to Action 4 News at the family's restaurant.
She told Action 4's Ryan Wolf that her 73-year-old husband has been going through a lot of stress since the fateful day.
Esperanza did not want to appear on camera, but she did add she feels sorrow for Medina’s mother who lost her son.
When asked if she would tell her husband not to pull the trigger, if he could do it all over again, she responded "yes."
That does not mean she is not standing by her husband, who she believes had been pushed to a breaking point after repeated burglaries.
Medina’s cousin, Victoria Gutierrez, can understand someone wanting to protect their livelihood, but she believes the restaurant owner went too far by waiting for an intruder to kill.
"He would have been a hero if maybe he would have shot my cousin once or on the foot and had called the police or something but instead he decided to be a murderer," she said.
Catalina Ozuna plans to file a civil suit.
"I pray to God that somebody will hear me and come for me," she said. "A good lawyer that can fight this case. I don't want money. I want justice," Ozuna said.
The mother of five said a piece of her heart is gone.
Doesn’t say if the burglar was armed...
(South Texas:)Edinburg PD: Robber slain at site of repeated break-ins
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LOL: “he should have shot him just once, in the foot...”
Boy, he meant business to kill the burglar's whole family.
My message to Catalina Ozuma - too bad, so sad. You should’ve been a better mother.
Honey, justice was served when your deadbeat cousin decided that whatever was inside that restaurant was worth trading his life for.
/johnny
/johnny
If I catch you breaking in to my home or other property to bring stuff in I'm gonna shoot you.
I'm not shooting you for what's in your hands, I'm shooting you for where you are standing.....
As far as I'm concerned, she killed him, teaching him burglary is not a big deal, property -- what a person has worked his whole life to attain -- is not a big deal, go ahead and take it, son. Better change your tune, sad excuse of a mother, before you kill the rest of your children.
Counter sue the family....any family of criminal scum...who is in the commission of a crime....gets capped...tough luck
Justice has been served. One less dirtbag to continue his criminal acts against an innocent society.
Catilina should be on the shot list as well. Grubbing for money in such a law suit should be grounds for being shot
I wonder how this works. Doesn’t the Texas Castle Doctrine forbid civil suits in association with this type of justifiable homicide?
Looks like another attempt by the federal fascists to beat back the Castle Doctrine laws that allow people to protect their families from obuma thugs.
I’ve got to wonder how many pesos Victoria Gutierrez is being paid to front this lawsuit.
I’m guessing $100,000 under the table if she wins the lawsuit and fully loaded EBT cards for life. Plus a nice section 8 house for 50 years at no rent in a conservative neighborhood.
It might in a civil case. Just curious as to why there was no mention. In the fist story it said they were investigating the possibility that he had a sharp object, but that was never verified as far as I know.
/johnny
If you don’t have the time, don’t do the crime.
Correct. Notice this isn't her lawyer making the announcement, and that she's trying to find a lawyer to take it.
/johnny
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