Which is a wee bit funny, as his photo is shown.
[N.S.: The EN’s overmatched editors were apparently caught between revisions. Just imagine what it must be like to be one of the SAPD’s “editors,” constantly having to convert rapes into misdemeanors, and murders into manslaughters?]
Man sought in shooting of two children
By Mark D. Wilson : August 30, 2014 : Updated: August 30, 2014 11:28pm
San Antonio Express-News
Suspected shooter Joe Ramos Mercado.
SAN ANTONIO — A man was on the run Saturday after two children were shot in the head during a domestic disturbance on the Southeast Side.
Both are expected to survive, police said.
The shooting happened about 1 p.m. in the 200 block of Anton Drive.
A boy, 6, and a girl, 11, were rushed to area hospitals with multiple gunshot wounds after shots were fired at a car in which they were sitting during an argument between their mother and a man with whom she was in a relationship.
Police were seeking Joe Ramos Mercado in connection with the shooting. He is described as in his 30s, about 5-foot-11 and weighing about 200 pounds.
The children and their mother weren't identified.
Police said a man had been arguing with the children's mother in the moments before the shooting.
The mother got into a tan Kia Forte with the children and attempted to leave. As she did, the man allegedly grabbed a handgun from inside the house and began firing at the vehicle with the woman and the children inside.
Witnesses reported hearing six to seven gunshots.
A neighbor who requested not to be identified said she saw the mother scream and run toward a nearby house with a child in her arms.
After firing on the family, police said, the man jumped into the Forte and fled on Anton Drive toward Goliad Road.
The girl was grazed on her head, among other wounds, but is expected to recover. She was taken to University Hospital.
Police said the boy was in critical condition and underwent surgery at San Antonio Military Medical Center shortly after the shooting.
When apprehended, police said, Mercado will face two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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1 comment:
I am sure too he will be categorized by Texas law enforcement as a "male white".
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