Sheriff: Attempted carjacker gets shot

McAllen Monitor ^ | November 10, 2008 | Jared Taylor

[3AngelaD]

EDINBURG -- The clerk warned Alejandro Salinas about the suspicious men who had been hanging out in front of the convenience store for the past hour. He told Salinas to be careful as he went back out to his Chevrolet Z-71 pickup truck, that he had just filled at the Aziz Convenience Store about 11 a.m. Saturday.

Salinas walked out to his truck and hopped in. But before he could close the door, 18-year-old Hector Severo Ramos was holding a .25-caliber pistol at Salinas' neck, said Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño.

"He says ‘Get out of the truck. I'm going to take it and I'm going to kill you," Treviño said of Ramos.

Salinas told the gunman to calm down; they could work things out. Then he pushed Ramos' pistol away, pulled out his own pistol and fired two 9 mm bullets into Ramos' chest....Three men who were with Ramos took off from the convenience store at Texas Highway 107 and Alamo Road in a brown Chevrolet Impala, deputies said....

Salinas had a license to carry a concealed firearm and a clean criminal record, Treviño said....

Meanwhile, the sheriff said he would likely not pursue criminal charges against Salinas..."This is not a murder," Treviño said. "This is a justifiable homicide."

[3AngelaD]

The beauty of concealed carry shines through once again.

[mlocher]

Just desserts.

[MovementConservative]

"This is a justifiable homicide."

Most likely no one will shed too many tears over this guy.

[Oldpuppymax]

See. There IS good news out there. Too bad the three friends got away. Now if only a reward were offered...or a bounty.

[OCCASparky]

(sniff)...I love happy endings!

[AxelPaulsenJr]

The headline of this thread needs to be corrected: “Scratch one carjacker”.

[Old Grumpy]

“This is a justifiable homicide.”

Very justifiable! One more piece of crap properly disposed of.

[KarlInOhio]

Salinas told the gunman to calm down; they could work things out. Then he pushed Ramos' pistol away, pulled out his own pistol and fired two 9 mm bullets into Ramos' chest....

I love it when things work out well.

Has Ramos' mother or grandmother been on the TV yet telling the world that he was a good boy and had just turned his life around?

[KarlInOhio]

Neal Boortz has said that there should be one rank above "justifiable homicide". I think he called it "praiseworthy homicide".

[MathDoc]

Salinas told the gunman to calm down; they could work things out. Then he pushed Ramos' pistol away, pulled out his own pistol and fired two 9 mm bullets into Ramos' chest.

Salinas kept his word. They worked things out perfectly. I'd hire Salinas for whatever kind of work he does if I got the chance, since he did the job right - solving the problem while saving on medical expenses, court costs, and prison crowding.

[technically right]

“Here Mr. Ramos, let me demonstrate the proper application of the double-tap technique”.

Gun control that you can believe in.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Has Ramos' mother or grandmother been on the TV yet telling the world that he was a good boy and had just turned his life around?

And, he has also just written an anti-gang children's book.

[Navy Patriot]

The three men with Ramos should be identified, if possible, and charged with felony murder.

Ramos' family should be sued for all costs related to this incident.

[TPOOH]

"Then he pushed Ramos' pistol away, pulled out his own pistol and fired two 9 mm bullets into Ramos' chest...."

Next?....

[TPOOH]

"Then he pushed Ramos' pistol away, pulled out his own pistol and fired two 9 mm bullets into Ramos' chest...."

Next?....

[Doctor Raoul]

"He says ‘Get out of the truck. I'm going to take it and I'm going to kill you,"

Not today asshole.

[nufsed]

I love a happy ending and I’ll take 1 out of 4. The others had a come-to-church moment.

[AuntB]

The guy was warned. RIP

[messierhunter]

Inlcuding the cost of the two 9mm rounds. Hydra-Shoks are expensive, it could have cost him two whole bucks to take out the trash.