Posted on 11/28/2012 10:43:25 AM PST by smokingfrog
HOUSTON—As family members of a man who was shot by a Valero clerk in southeast Houston called for the store clerk’s arrest, the store owner released surveillance video.
Alexander Calloway, 21, and his two cousins were trying to enter the gas station on Martin Luther King and Belarbor around 3:30 a.m., but the store was locked.
The young men got into an argument with the clerk, who unlocked his door and came outside, police said.
Someone punched the clerk in the face and the clerk pulled out his gun and shot Calloway in the stomach, according to HPD.
Calloway’s cousins rushed him to a fire station on Cullen at Selinsky, and paramedics transported him to Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition.
On Tuesday, the store owner played the surveillance video for KHOU 11 News.
It showed the store clerk being punched by Calloway before the clerk opened fire.
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I don’t get this - - the clerk was certainly close enough to fire a head shot.
The door is locked so that the clerk remains safe. Then the bozo went outside to argue with these hoods. THe clerk was smart enough to go outside packing heat but would have been better off just putting up with their mouthing off at him and staying inside.
Mel
Opening the door for scum is always a bad idea.
Obviously, the clerk is “White” or there would be NO PROTEST.
Being right doesn’t help you keep your job. He was fired because the owner was afraid of the savage mob.
My prediction: 0bama DOESN’T stick his nose in and say that the scum would look just like his son. 0 was reelected. He doesn’t need any more White guilt to get reelected.
By the way, it doesn't look to me like the clerk "came outside".
It looks like he remained in the doorway, inside.
Double tap.
Maybe the perp was desperate to get inside and get the Arizona Watermelon Tea and Skittles he needed to brew up some "lean".
Another Skittels run.
door locks are inherently...racist.
Maybe he is ME. Zimmerman was hispanic.
It don’t matter to the racers like Quannell. If any other race or heritage shoots a black?
It must be murder.
(Of course it goes without saying that the thousands of black on black violent crimes are no big deal.)
Pakistani or Indian would be my guess.
I forgot about, being white and male. Thank you for pointing out my genetically inherited racism.
I forgot about that, being white and male. Thank you for pointing out my genetically inherited racism.
Seems like the identity of the 'someone' who punched the clerk is obvious - he's facing the camera. Why not simpy give his name?
This 'journalist' makes it sound as though the clerk shot the wrong guy, likely on purpose.
Sorry for the double post.
Dude got Trayvoned.
The dad is on the video saying, “he didn’t need to be shot”. Yea, black people have a natural right to punch you in the face./s
Because the black author is “keeping it real” and making the clerk look like a criminal.
The video link displays a nice orbiting arrow....
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