A grand jury in Texas has decided not to indict a man who shot and killed a robber inside a Houston taqueria last year.
A grand jury on Wednesday decided not to indict the man who shot and killed 30-year-old Eric Eugene Washington after Washington entered a Taqueria in El Ranchito in January 2023, according to a press release from the Harris County District Attorney's Office. Made a decision. The incident was captured on video, with a man firing what appeared to be a gun and robbing a resident inside.
“The grand jury found the shooter 'no charge,'” the press release states.
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“The Harris County Grand Jury is made up of 12 randomly selected residents who meet regularly over a three-month period to consider all criminal charges and determine whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed with the case. ” explains the press release.
“If nine or more grand jurors agree that probable cause exists, they will issue a 'true bill,' or indictment, and the case will continue through the criminal justice system. If nine or more grand jurors decide there is no probable cause, they could file a lawsuit. “Issuing a 'No Bill,' effectively exonerating the individual of any criminal conduct. The final decision on whether to indict will rest with the grand jury, not the prosecutor.”
Armed Customer Description: houston police The suspect, a white or Hispanic man, shot the suspect at least nine times in the back, causing him to fall to the ground and die.
Police later determined the gun was a fake plastic pistol, and the man's gun was destroyed before the case was ultimately sent to a grand jury by Houston progressive George Soros-backed prosecutor Kim Ogg. He asked for the public's help in the search.
The security video went viral on social media, with activists I called right away The man, who has not been identified by authorities, will face criminal charges for what authorities call vigilantism.
Others argued that the man's actions were legitimate self-defense and that he had reasonable cause to believe his life was in danger.
“As long as this armed Samaritan believes the gun was real or could have been real, that's what matters,” said Sean Buckley, a Houston criminal defense attorney. It is not the actual nature of told Fox News Digital last year.
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Ranchito Taqueria #4 in Southwest Houston (Google Earth)
“A person is justified in using force against another person to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that the use of force is immediately necessary to protect oneself from the use of force by another person.''
Washington's mother Corinne Goodmansaid the gunman should have stopped firing as soon as the threat was gone.
Downtown Houston seen across the railroad tracks ((Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images))
“If you have to kill him, I can deal with it. I can understand it. He did something bad, I understand it. ” she said. “But he shot him four times in the back as he walked away and as he fell down, and they shot him four more times. They abused him.”
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report
