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Moment customer shoots and kills robber who held up Houston restaurant with fake gun: Cops search for vigilante (good video and photos)
DAILYMAIL.COM ^ | 8 January 2023 | CLAUDIA AORAHA

Posted on 01/08/2023 12:55:41 PM PST by dennisw

Vigilante who fired eight bullets into thief's back and one 'execution-style' into his head The customer, who police are now trying to track down, shot the man before taking back all the stolen good and returning them to fellow patrons

HPD Homicide Division Sergeants M. Arrington, C. Duncan and Detectives S. Overstreet and L. Lovelace said in a report: 'Officers were dispatched to a shooting call at the restaurant at the above address and observed an unknown black male in all black clothing, a black ski mask, and black gloves had been shot multiple times inside the business.

'Paramedics pronounced him deceased. Witnesses told officers the suspect entered the restaurant and pointed a pistol at patrons as he d A customer fatally shot a robber in the head after he held up a Texas restaurant with a fake gun - and police are now searching for the vigilante who helped get the stolen money back to the patrons.

The robber, believed to be in his 20s, entered Ranchito #4 Taqueria in southwest Houston on Thursday night wearing a black ski mask and gloves before ambushing 10 customers and demanding their money at gunpoint.

Footage shows the shouting man wave what is believed to be a pistol around the restaurant, while customers drop to the ground and hand over their belongings.

But as the man headed towards the door, one of the patrons - described by police as either white or Hispanic - produced his own gun and shot the robber.

He fired nine times - one of which was in the head - causing him to collapse to the ground. The customer, wearing a grey t-shirt and jeans, then collected the stolen money and cellphones and started handing it back to the people they were taken from.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: throwthebumsout
“Police have not filed any charges and just want to speak to the customer in the clip.”

They believe he might have information relevant to the case.

21 posted on 01/08/2023 1:26:41 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: throwthebumsout

It’s Houston...Harris County. There is a DA drooling to bring charges against the guy.


22 posted on 01/08/2023 1:26:54 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: dennisw

“Brazen crook with no fear meets Lone Ranger and Cowboy justice”....only better!


23 posted on 01/08/2023 1:29:54 PM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: farming pharmer

“Personally I think the guy went a little overboard but that’s for a jury to decide.”

He diddn’t want to give the perp a chance to turn around and shoot him.


24 posted on 01/08/2023 1:30:20 PM PST by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: DainBramage

“..Only thing they could gripe about was he shot him in the back as he was leaving...”

The guy had no idea if the robber was leaving, going to make another go-around all the tables for even more loot or was fixing to execute everyone in the joint. There was no way know for sure what that moron was gonna do.
He took tactical advantage that the “fake-armed” assailant wasn’t looking...can’t say as I blame him.


25 posted on 01/08/2023 1:32:35 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: RetiredTexasVet
It’s Houston...Harris County. There is a DA drooling to bring charges against the guy.

Yep. Harris County DA Kim Ogg is Soros/BLM bought and owned.

She'll hammer this guy.

26 posted on 01/08/2023 1:35:01 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: dennisw

Self defense during an armed robbery, hardly constitutes vigilantism . . .


27 posted on 01/08/2023 1:35:38 PM PST by MCSETots
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
9 shots was being very thorough in...takin’ care of bidness on that miscreant.

I have a feeling this was not the shooter's first rodeo.

28 posted on 01/08/2023 1:36:18 PM PST by throwthebumsout
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To: dennisw

Interesting that this happened almost two days ago and they still haven’t named the deceased.


29 posted on 01/08/2023 1:38:50 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: Drew68
Ogg is black, the perp is black and the man that shot the perp is white. The DA in Houston will try to fry this man or get him life in prison. Everyone can see that the perp was a dedicated Democrat voter and a Son of Obama.
30 posted on 01/08/2023 1:39:31 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug

Shooter is possibly Hispanic, according to the story (unless they always say that in Texas.) Hispanics are only POC when it serves someone’s narrative, so yes - I guess he’s going to be White.


31 posted on 01/08/2023 1:41:26 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: dennisw

If the robber had made it to the door, he might have turned and fired away. Also, his buddy standing outside, might have opened up if the robber was just wounded. One just doesn’t know what an armed robber will do.


32 posted on 01/08/2023 1:47:54 PM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: dennisw

All the customers are suffering PTSD. Some of their statements are:
I didn’t see anything, I was hiding under the table.
God struck the robber down, he just collapsed for no reason
I know nothing, saw nothing.
I fainted when the robber came in, I saw nothing.
What are you talking about? What vigilante?
We started praying and the robber bent his arm and shot himself in the back.


33 posted on 01/08/2023 1:49:15 PM PST by Toughluck_freeper
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To: vetvetdoug
Ogg is black, the perp is black and the man that shot the perp is white.

Not to nitpick, but Kim Ogg is white.

Here she is with her "life partner" Olivia Jordan.

She is a total BLM puppet and one of the worst DAs in the country (unless you're a black criminal, in which case she's one of the best).


34 posted on 01/08/2023 1:51:44 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: farming pharmer; MinuteGal; M Kehoe

“If he lays low and keeps his mouth shut, he may well escape prosecution.”

That’s “escape persecution”... juat sayin.....


35 posted on 01/08/2023 1:52:44 PM PST by flaglady47 (Trump knows where all the bodies lie - just sayin......)
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To: farming pharmer
Personally, I think the guy went a little overboard but that's for a jury to decide.

If I were on that jury, I would support an acquittal or a "no bill". And I would also support legal sanctions against the DA who would be stupid enough to attempt a prosecution.

The "criminal justice" system is not protecting us. The people running the system have no intention of protecting us. That problem must be corrected.

36 posted on 01/08/2023 1:58:50 PM PST by flamberge (Caveat Emptor)
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To: lgjhn23

Concur.


37 posted on 01/08/2023 2:03:56 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: dennisw

Track him down. Give him a medal.


38 posted on 01/08/2023 2:14:18 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: dennisw

Excellent shoot...


39 posted on 01/08/2023 2:16:17 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: libertylover

Nah. He wa at my house. No where near there.


40 posted on 01/08/2023 2:16:22 PM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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