Pistol-packing patron shoots robbery suspect(Texas)

Galveston County Daily News ^ | 2 June, 2009 | Chris Paschenko

[marktwain]

This reporter did a much better job than usual. We found out what caliber was used, and even where the shot was placed. This could be a scene out of a Louis L'Amour novel!

[Molly Pitcher]

Very cool!

[Travis McGee]

“Get out of my game room, punk!”

[Doogle]

...the punk’s “luck” ran out in the Game Room

[Charles Martel]

The police spokesman even referred to the bad guy as a “crook”! I love how in parts of Texas (and all across the South, really) outside of the big cities, you still find people who aren’t mealy-mouthed, politically-correct drones. It’s always like a bit of a time warp back to the Reagan years or earlier, and it always makes me smile.

[CholeraJoe]

Grampa needs more range time.

[Salvey]

Tyreese Ross

Tyreese? Got it. No picture necessary.

[cspackler]

Not questioning the shoot... but a “game room”, open at 1AM, only to “members”? Sounds like gambling to me.

[Snurple]

But Tyreese be a good boy, just started turnin his life around. That old man should be prosumucuted for shootin a good boy like Tyreese.

[TWfromTEXAS]

anymouse you know this guy? BTW just what is a private “game room?” cards, pool, and do they sell liquor, if so is it most of their income?

[Venturer]

The man obviously needed the money to pay his child support.

[I Buried My Guns]

You folks are so hateful. He was obviously:

A) Planning on returning to school to get his G.E.D.
B) About to maybe consider financially supporting his swarm of bastards, and of course
C) Gettin' ready to jumpstart his career as an aspiring rapper.

So enough of your hatred!

[OldSmaj]

Tyreese Ross, 34, of Texas City, suffered one gunshot wound to his right shoulder.

That's an Amish name, isn't it?

Sounds Amish.

[MrB]

dunno - gramps hit him just right to blow his shoe off...

[MES401067]

But he was doing it for the children man.

[Eaker]

A .38 shoulder shot blowing a shoe off?

+P’s?

[highnoon]

[Travis McGee]

Bad reporting. Probably wearing slide-on busted back shooooz, that went flying when he tumbled.

[monday]

“Not questioning the shoot... but a “game room”, open at 1AM, only to “members”? Sounds like gambling to me.”

So?

[cspackler]

So?

Because if there was an illegal poker game going on, might explain why someone would target it. Seems odd it was glossed over in the article.