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BREAKING NEWS: Nueces County sheriff confirms judge found dead at courthouse
caller,com ^ | 7/115/13 | Rhiannon Meyers, Katherine Rosenberg

Posted on 07/15/2013 7:58:03 PM PDT by Nachum

CORPUS CHRISTI — State District Judge Tom Greenwell was found dead from a gunshot wound Monday night in his chambers, Nueces County Sheriff Jim Kaelin confirmed.

Corpus Christi police, medics and Nueces County Sheriff's Office deputies responded about 7 p.m. to the courthouse after a report that a man was found with a gunshot wound to the head.The courthouse closed at 5 p.m.

It was unclear how a gun could have passed through security or been within the county building, equipped with security personnel and a metal detector. Attorneys, judges, and some media outlets who have courthouse identification badges typically aren't required to pass through the security checkpoint.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: corpuschristi; county; greenwell; judge; judgesuicide; nueces; sheriff; texas; tomgreenwell
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To: HollyB

Just wondering


81 posted on 07/16/2013 9:26:58 AM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: AliVeritas
Yeah, but I think Judge Rolls was not the intended target.

I'm wondering if this is drug cartel related.

-PJ

82 posted on 07/16/2013 10:36:18 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: lonestar
Could have been self-inflicted.

Why let logic get in the way of a good conspiracy.

83 posted on 07/16/2013 4:48:24 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: JCBreckenridge

A Press Release... -30-


84 posted on 07/16/2013 4:56:41 PM PDT by Shady (Creed of the PC Police: You're guilty when we say you are...)
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To: Nachum

Sad. RIP.


85 posted on 07/16/2013 5:11:27 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Nachum

“how a gun could have passed through security or been within the county building”

My, imagine THAT, something ELSE that didn’t work 100%!


86 posted on 07/16/2013 5:21:17 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Because he “friended” you makes it seem he was getting all his affairs in order?


87 posted on 07/16/2013 5:25:27 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Because he “friended” you makes it seem he was getting all his affairs in order?

No, it's the timing. I had sent a friend request months ago. He didn't have as much of a presence on Facebook as other politicians, and didn't seem to keep up with it. I just checked out his Facebook page. He has a total of 268 friends, 198 of which were added recently. Most of the local politicians I know have well over 1,000 friends, and some are totally maxed out. I have just 4 new friends out of over 650, and Judge Greenwell is still the most recent.

88 posted on 07/16/2013 6:13:47 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Any updates or rumors?


89 posted on 07/16/2013 7:15:47 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: FreedomPoster

Did not start as a rampage, but as a targeted killing. He wanted to kill that particular Judge, and may have had help to get it going.

He went on his “rampage” after he assassinated the Judge.


90 posted on 07/16/2013 7:30:47 PM PDT by wrench
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To: wrench

He was in custody. The rampage started when he overcame the affirmative action hire grandmother Deputy Sheriff who was alone watching him in the courthouse, took her gun and then went after the judge and anyone else in his way/nearby. It was a very different, much more preventable event.


91 posted on 07/16/2013 10:59:02 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SeaHawkFan; Political Junkie Too; Brown Deer

Does this have something to do with that Zeta cartel guy being arrested in Dallas?


92 posted on 07/17/2013 8:58:12 AM PDT by txhurl ('The DOG ate my homework. That homework, too. ALL my homework. OK?' - POSHITUS)
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To: Nachum

From the web:

DISTRICT JUDGE TOM GREENWELL SEEKS GOP NOMINATION FOR 13th COURT OF APPEALS

State District Judge Tom Greenwell has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for the 13th Court of Appeals, Place 2 seat in 2012. The seat is currently held by Corpus Christi Republican Rose Vela, who has announced that she will seek the Chief Justice spot on the 13th Court of Appeals.

Greenwell was first elected in 2002 to the 319th District Court in. He won a third term last year after running unopposed and will not have to give up his current seat unless he is elected to the 13th Court of Appeals.

Greenwell leads the county veterans’ court and has served as a staff attorney on the appeals court and was chief of the court’s legal staff from 1991 to 1996. He worked in private practice until he was elected district judge.


93 posted on 07/17/2013 9:37:21 AM PDT by MeganC (A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again.)
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To: MeganC

Very curious. Why would someone commit suicide if they were about to run for higher office?


94 posted on 07/17/2013 10:08:13 AM PDT by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: ClearCase_guy

This bigoted, tawdry slut looks like a MAN.


95 posted on 07/17/2013 11:37:40 AM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: Nachum; MeganC
Very curious. Why would someone commit suicide if they were about to run for higher office?

He ran for the 13th Court of Appeals in 2012 and lost. There was a very high turnout in the Rio Grande Valley for the Democrats. He told me it was apparent early in the night that he would lose based on the returns from the valley.

96 posted on 07/17/2013 11:43:46 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Nachum

I think this death should be handled by a conservative coroner..I don’t trust any of these democrats and do not believe he committed suicide..Look at Holder and Obama they would have more to gain by his death..putting in a liberal judge.


97 posted on 07/17/2013 11:49:56 AM PDT by PLD
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To: batterycommander
It was at the end of the day so maybe the court security closes down at the end of the day too.

The shot was heard around lunch time. The body was discovered about 7 hours later.

98 posted on 07/17/2013 12:05:41 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Nachum
Nueces County sheriff: 'Strong leads' on Judge Greenwell's suicide motive
Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | July 17, 2013 at 12:50 p.m. (CDT) | Mark Collette
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3044136/posts?page=1
Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 1:38:28 PM by Paleo Conservative

99 posted on 07/17/2013 12:25:01 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Nachum

Nueces is Spanish for nuts.


100 posted on 07/17/2013 12:41:37 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Arguing with a marxist is like playing Chess with a Pigeon.)
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