‘Vigilante’ Vindicated as Grand Jury Issues ‘No Bill’ Decision, Clearing Him for Killing Robber Mid-Heist

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Imagine sitting down at an eating establishment, ordering your meal and waiting for it while talking to a friend about the happenings of the day. Say it was a taqueria, because you have a penchant for Mexican food.

As you wait, a masked man walks through the door,  yanks out a handgun and begins waving it around, barking orders to hand over your money. It doesn’t take much to realize the masked man isn’t Zorro or the Lone Ranger. It’s an armed robbery. Like it or not, your life is in danger.

How would you feel about a man a few tables down who, as the robber walked past to rob the next guy, pulled out a gun and shot the robber dead? Would he be a hero or a vigilante?

That’s what happened on Jan. 5, 2023, at the El Ranchito Taqueria on South Gessner Road in southwest Houston, according to KHOU-TV.

Surveillance video captured customers tossing money on the floor as the perpetrator waved the gun as he approached each customer one by one, according to KPCR-TV.

After the robber walked past a man sitting in one of the booths, the man got up from his seat, pulled out a gun, and shot the perp several times. The robber died at the scene.

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