MAN FATALLY SHOT WHILE EATING AT SOUTHWEST HOUSTON RESTAURANT

The Houston Chronicle ^ | 14 December 2006 | JENNIFER LEAHY

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

A man was fatally shot Wednesday evening in southwest Houston while eating crawfish at a Cajun restaurant, the Houston Police Department said. The 29-year-old man was seated while eating in the Cajun Kitchen at 11900 Bellaire around 9 p.m. when two men entered and shot him in the head, police said. The owner of the restaurant chased the suspects and fired several shots at the gunmen before they escaped.

The victim was taken to Ben Taub Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His identity is pending verification by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Interesting how sometimes the smallest item later becomes a significant story. This sounds like a professional-style hit.

[Vaquero]

[Past Your Eyes]

I knew them crawdads wuz bad fer ye. I seen the ritin on the wall.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I knew them crawdads wuz bad fer ye. I seen the ritin on the wall.

ROFL

[randita]

Yum...

[alienken]

The crime rate has sky rocketed in SW Houston. The only thing that surprises me about this story is that someone can find crawfish to eat out of season. I can't find them anywhere. If this is the only place to eat them I think I will go without.

[Recon Dad]

Not to be cold about this but it's not "Crawfish Season". Who eats crawfish in December.

[sure_fine]

Not to be cold about this but it's not "Crawfish Season". Who eats crawfish in December.

people about to be shot?

[WashingtonSource]

Is this the new orleansization of Houston?

[LIConFem]

Disgruntled crustacean?

[econjack]

The owner of the restaurant chased the suspects and fired several shots at the gunmen before they escaped.

Makes me think this wasn't the best side of town in the first place.

[8mmMauser]

We have a motive!

[Lord Basil]

Here is a recent summary of what's been happening (you have to subscribe to see the whole article):

http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/2006-12-01/feature4

[reagan_fanatic]

Not to be cold about this but it's not "Crawfish Season". Who eats crawfish in December

Probably an incensed chef that shot him. The lesson: NEVER eat food out of season!

[Recon Dad]

Aha, it was a last meal! I love boiled Crawfish and it would have been mine..........in season!

[PetroniDE]

This is scary. This is not that far from the office. Does sound like a contract hit; what's next -- banning crawfish out of season?

[PetroniDE]

Makes me think this wasn't the best side of town in the first place.

That part of town isn't bad (other sections far worse); it should be mentioned that a significant percentage of New Orleans evacuees now reside in that part of town.

[secret garden]

Be careful where you get your crawfish jones.

[lonestar]

I lived in the Galleria area for years. Happy to be out of Houston!

[ziggy_dlo]

no actually the south and east sides are the epitomy of houston.

Southwest houston is nearly chinatown.

the biggest mall is there (the Galleria) but that does not matter.

I agree with another poster. The New orleansization of Houston. I never went to east houston for fear of crime. I lived in south houston for 2 weeks before someone crashed in my window of my cavalier and stole my stereo systems.

I promised myself that the only way I was going back there was on a business trip and not to stay for anything over 24 hours.

[Kimberly GG]

Well, from what is briefly available in that link, what's being described is probably not N.O. native but the influx of illegal immigration population, in whose country of origin this is probably an everday, accepted thing.

"Will I HAVE to kill? Will I be killed"

I guess that's what we are faced with. But at least we've got cheap labor.

[Red Badger]

No wonder! Mudbugs ain't KOSHER!........

[Red Badger]

Happy to be out of Houston!.......So are the Titans!.........

[Xenalyte]

Have you tried the Ragin' Cajun?

If they don't have any crawdads, try the etouffee. Man oh MAN, is that good stuff!

And their red beans and rice might be the best in town.

[Red Badger]

They're grown in farms now, so they are always in season.....Zatarain's......

[savedbygrace]

Crawdad envy?

[Kenton]

Interesting how sometimes the smallest item later becomes a significant story. This sounds like a professional-style hit.

Shades of Joey Gallo.

[Xenalyte]

Not a contract hit. Gang hit. We're dealing with Katricians, not wiseguys.

[Xenalyte]

Not bad? It is a HIDEOUS part of town. It's not a slum quite yet, but it's this close and has been for years.

[Recon Dad]

I stand corrected, but when I lived there they came out of ditches and swamps. I googled crawfish farms, and you're on the money, although the farm raised are rather expense compared to what I remember.

[Red Badger]

They are "standard" fare in Asian restaurants now, along side the sweet & sour pork and General Tso's Chicken........plus crab legs and green mussels.......go figure......

[Red Badger]

PS, I played with them in those Mississippi ditches and creeks when I was a kid.......

[CajunConservative]

It's crawfish season. It started Dec. 11. The farm raised crawfish season starts earlier.

[Xenalyte]

I would like to thank y'all for making me hungry for crawdads at the ungodly hour of 8:20 in the morning! :)

Problem is, Weight Watchers does not approve of red beans and rice. Oh, the dilemma!

[Texas_shutterbug]

No, but Sugar Busters would highly approve of red beans with (brown) rice!

[Xenalyte]

Yeah, but I don't know if it'd be smart to switch diets for just one meal. :)

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Does anyone remember those big metal lawn chairs? I can remember being small enough to have to crawl up there and my evil cousin would take my Grandfather's "bait" crawfish and put one on the chair with me. I would scream and my Grandfather would rescue me! I swear they looked like lobsters to me at that age.

[Red Badger]

We boys used to find them in the ditches in springtime at school and chase the girls with them..........

[hispanarepublicana]

Were the crawfish "the best in the city"?

[trillabodilla]

The tails can be frozen and used for gumbo, etouffe or stew all year!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Oh, you're one of those evil boys.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Pappadeaux is our favorite, but Ragin Cajun is good too

[hispanarepublicana]

Don't forget Jazz, which originated in the Hubaroo.

[r9etb]

Have you tried the Ragin' Cajun? If they don't have any crawdads, try the etouffee. Man oh MAN, is that good stuff! And their red beans and rice might be the best in town.

You're right. Their etouffee is excellent (I'm remembering the smell and taste.... mmmmmmm), as is most everything else.

Never could eat the crawdads, though -- it looked too much like a plate heaped high with giant cockroaches.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I'm a newbie to Houston so I'm not familiar with your info...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Next time, try the fried crawfish... small pieces,no bodies.

[Billthedrill]

Dang - y'all have some tough restaurant critics down there...

[hispanarepublicana]

No; Jazz in LUBBOCK.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Ha - ok then I have to admit I'm not a fan of Jazz.... ;^)

Was that a club you mentioned?

[hispanarepublicana]

Oh, you really must come up and visit! Jazz-A Louisiana Kitchen. It's a Cajun restaurant that started in Lubbock and now has locations throughout the U.S. Austin has one. And there is one in either Kansas City or St. Louis. The one in Lubbock is next to Covenant Hospital.