4 dead, 1 wounded in shooting at toddler's birthday party in Texas
By Keith Allen and Nicole Chavez
CNN
October 14, 2018
One man is in custody and another is being sought after a shooting at a toddler's birthday party in south Texas left four men dead and one injured, officials said Sunday.
Police responded to reports of a shooting at a 1-year-old's party in Taft, north of Corpus Christi, and arrived around 5:15 p.m. Saturday to find four men dead, said Sgt. Nathan Brandley of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
An altercation between two families caused the violence, but authorities provided no details about the nature of the dispute.
Those killed were identified as Juan Espinoza Sr., 62; and his grandsons Juan Sandoval III, 20; Jeremy Sandoval, 22; and Nicky Sandoval, 25. All were from Taft.
Juan Espinoza Jr., 43, the elder man's son and father to the three younger men, was airlifted to a hospital in Corpus Christi, Brandley said. He is critical condition but is expected to survive, Brandley said.
Brandley identified the suspects as Ronnie Rodriguez Jr., 20, who is in custody, and Ronnie Rodriguez Sr., 37, who is still at large. Authorities didn't provide details about their relationship.
Belinda Espinoza, the daughter of Juan Espinoza Sr., said her family grew up with the suspects and knew them well. She was not at the house when the shooting occurred.
She said her father was a farmer and a family man.
"He did everything he could for us,"she told CNN. "He was happily married to his first and only love my mother, Eulalia Sandoval."
She said of her brother, Juan Espinoza Jr., "would give the shirt off his back for others and his children. He always opened his home to anyone."
Her three nephews were all good men, she said, and Jeremy Sandoval leaves behind a young son and wife.
Taft is a town of about 3,000 people.
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HOW COMPLETELY STUPID IS THIS ?
by Bob Walsh
This happened Saturday evening in the teeming metropolis of Taft, Texas. There was a birthday party for a toddler (never figured out the point in the birthday party for a very young child, they don't know what the hell is going on or why). Something went sideways and four adults are dead and one wounded but likely to survive.
Dead are Juan Espinoza Sr, 62, Juan Espinoza Jr. , 20, Juan Sandoval III, 20, and Jeremy Sandoval, 22, and Nicky Sandoval, 25. All the younger men are Espinoza Senior's grandchildren. The wounded man is Juan Espinoza Jr., 43.
A 20-year old suspect is in custody and his 37 year old father is being sought.
And you thought your family dynamic was messed up.
2 comments:
This behavior by Hispanic men isn't unusual in South Texas. It's called Machismo. Just add an insult and alcohol.
And of course everybody packs at a birthday party for a two-year old.
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