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The Beefy Crunch Burrito incident
San Antonio Express News ^ | 03/20/2011 | Michelle Mondo

Posted on 03/21/2011 7:37:17 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

The price of the Beefy Crunch Burrito had gone up from 99 cents to $1.49 and the man at the Rigsby Road Taco Bell drive-thru had just ordered seven.

The fast food customer was so disgruntled by the price hike he shot an air gun at the manager, displayed a semiautomatic assault rifle and pistol while in the restaurant's parking lot, fled as police were called, exchanged gunfire with three officers who pulled him over, then barricaded himself in his hotel room — all over $3.50 plus additional tax.

The final incident in the burrito-triggered spree happened Sunday afternoon at the Rodeway Inn on North W.W. White Road, engaging SWAT negotiators in a more than three-hour standoff, according to officials and witnesses.

The man, whose name was not released because he had not been charged, faces three attempted capital murder charges for the exchange of gunfire with police plus possible other charges, said police spokesman Sgt. Chris Benavides. No one was injured in the incident.

The suspect was taken into custody about 6:45 p.m. Sunday after officials used tear gas to get him out of the motel room where he was staying. Police recovered the rifle and two handguns, Benavides said.

It all began about four hours earlier when the man put in his order at the Taco Bell/KFC two-for-one restaurant in the 5300 block of Rigsby Road on the city's East Side.

Restaurant manager Brian Tillerson, 41, said his employees told him a customer was upset about the price of the Beefy Crunch Burrito.

“They did use to be 99 cents, but that was just a promotion,” Tillerson said. “He pointed a gun at me, and he fired it. I leaned to the side and there was a pop but nothing happened.”

Tillerson said the police later found a BB, but the following five minutes “were pretty crazy,” he said.

Looking out the windows, he said he saw the man put an assault rifle and a handgun on the roof of his Mitsubishi Eclipse. Customers dove under their tables, the employees scrambled to the back and Tillerson ran to the front to lock the doors as he called police.

The man then jumped into his vehicle and took off, Tillerson said.

Fewer than two miles away, at W.W. White Road and Hershey Drive, officers spotted the suspect and three patrol units pulled over the car, Benavides said. As the officers got out of their cars, the man got out of his car carrying the assault rifle in his hands and pointing it at the officers.

Both sides began firing, Benavides said, but no one was hit. However, one of the windshields on a patrol car was shattered.

From there, the man sped off to the Rodeway Inn in the 200 block of North W.W. White Road just a few blocks away from Interstate 10.

It was about 3 p.m., and the man refused to come out.

Sharpshooters climbed up on the roof of the Sky Line Food Mart next to the motel. Police blocked off W.W. White in both directions. They evacuated some nearby businesses and some of the rooms in the motel.

Through a megaphone the negotiator could be heard telling the man to pick up the phone.

“No one needs to get hurt,” the negotiator said.

Around 6:30 p.m., and without a reply from the man inside, SWAT used tear gas to clear the room, Benavides said. The man came out without incident.

Tillerson, calm and back at work after giving a statement to police, said after hearing that the customer shot at officers he was even more relieved he didn't get into his restaurant.

“The weird thing is,” Tillerson said, “He was here a week ago around the same time last Sunday. He yelled at me then too.”


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Members of the SAPD SWAT team work the scene of a standoff at the Rodeway Inn. Photo: EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net / SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS NFS



1 posted on 03/21/2011 7:37:18 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Drop the Chalupa”.......sorry couldn’t resist


2 posted on 03/21/2011 7:40:03 AM PDT by GotMojo
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To: Responsibility2nd

With all the great Mexican food in San Antonio, this guy is ordering a boatload at Taco Bell??!!!

He might have a decent basis for an insanity defense.


3 posted on 03/21/2011 7:41:03 AM PDT by rod1
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well, it *is* San Antonio.

I swear that town marches to the beat of a different drummer that most of us can’t even hear.


4 posted on 03/21/2011 7:42:36 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

5 posted on 03/21/2011 7:44:45 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: Responsibility2nd

6 posted on 03/21/2011 7:45:27 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Eating seven Taco Bell Beefy Crunch Burritos would be serious punishment for most of us.


7 posted on 03/21/2011 7:46:46 AM PDT by RicocheT
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To: Responsibility2nd

Three charges of attempted capital murder...over $3.50 + tax.

If Texas fries this guy, think he’ll want seven Beefy Crunch Burritos as a last meal?

}:-)4


8 posted on 03/21/2011 7:47:43 AM PDT by Moose4 ("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
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9 posted on 03/21/2011 7:47:56 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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Yeah, but just think - in prison the burritos will be free...


10 posted on 03/21/2011 7:49:02 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: GotMojo

Bend over buddy and your new county jail roomies will show you their version of the “Beefy Crunch Burrito”


11 posted on 03/21/2011 7:51:50 AM PDT by tophat9000 (.............................. BP + BO = BS ...........................Formula for a disaster...)
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To: Moose4

*Three charges of attempted capital murder...over $3.50 + tax.

If Texas fries this guy, think he’ll want seven Beefy Crunch Burritos as a last meal?*

I wonder how many times he pulled out his gun at the gas station!
“I thought gas was $2.95 a gallon.” Then the shooting begins....


12 posted on 03/21/2011 7:53:03 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Both sides began firing, Benavides said, but no one was hit.

..do some officers need to spend more time on the range?

13 posted on 03/21/2011 7:53:57 AM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: JoeProBono

A day without Mexicans ... and their food.


14 posted on 03/21/2011 7:54:58 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: raybbr

“Yeah, but just think - in prison the burritos will be free...”

But there will be no tocos


15 posted on 03/21/2011 7:55:03 AM PDT by vipervomit (Some days you're the dog........some days you're the hydrant!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Both sides began firing, Benavides said, but no one was hit. However, one of the windshields on a patrol car was shattered. This is the true outrage of the story. Those officers should be suspended, and assigned 50 hours of range/course practice before being out back on the street. Remember that guy in FL that police shot 289 rounds at before killing him? Totally unacceptable.
16 posted on 03/21/2011 7:55:31 AM PDT by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: JoeProBono

I’ll say this for it, it’s the best argument I’ve heard yet...

;-)


17 posted on 03/21/2011 7:59:38 AM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I am thinking that everyone got off lucky — if he had eaten SEVEN Taco Bell burritos they may have had a biological attack of epic proportions.


18 posted on 03/21/2011 8:00:44 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: evets
I knew it! I knew it!

Does Shelia Jackson Lee's district extend all the way to San Antonio?

19 posted on 03/21/2011 8:03:28 AM PDT by Tupelo (The Boudicca from Wasilla supporter)
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To: Responsibility2nd
What tha hell? Who orders seven burritos?
20 posted on 03/21/2011 8:05:15 AM PDT by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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