There’s a whole theater full of people thankful that someone showed up with a gun last night to stop a possible massacre in a movie theater (via SooperMexican)

WOAI – A man was shot by an off-duty deputy after investigators say he opened fire at a South Side theater Sunday night, injuring one person.

Authorities said 19-year-old Jesus Manuel Garcia showed up at the China Garden restaurant on Southwest Military Drive around 9:30 p.m. Sunday and opened fire. Investigators say Garcia works at the restaurant and believe the shooting may have something to do with a dispute he had with his girlfriend, who also works at the restaurant. The girlfriend was not at the restaurant at the time of the shooting.

When officers arrived at the scene, Garcia had made his way into the parking lot of Mayan Palace Theatre next door where he reportedly shot at an officer. The officer was not hit. Garcia then ran inside the movie theater, and movie-goers in the lobby, bathroom, and some theaters reported hearing multiple gunshots. The gunshots caused people inside the theater to panic.

“Everybody was just coming out of the side of the theater, running out the emergency exits. And everyone was screaming and running,” a woman who was at the theater told us.

Authorities said one bystander was shot by Garcia. Garcia was finally stopped by an off-duty deputy who was working at the theater. The deputy shot Garcia four times.

“The officer involved, she took the appropriate action to try to keep everyone safe in the movie theater,” Bexar County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Detective Lou Antu said.

The injured bystander was taken to a hospital and is said to be in stable condition.

Garcia has since undergone surgery and is in stable condition at San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC). He has been charged with attempted capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bond has been set at $10 million.




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worldview21
worldview21

Seems your comment policy also includes deleting any opinion that differs from the house editorial stance. I said take away guns and no gun violence, you deleted it.

worldview21
worldview21

The point all you gun morons are missing is that in most civilised countries this would never have even happened as little twerps like Garcia can't get their stupid hands on a gun in the first place. 58 gun deaths in the UK 2010 pop. 65 million. Go figure.

ApplePie101
ApplePie101

God bless her. Is an off-duty police officer ever really off-duty?

The only question now is, which members of the legal profession will work day and night to get this would-be mass-murderer back out on the streets again?

ram
ram

so where is obama to honor the brave officer who saved many lives that night? it does not fit his adgenda so it will be ignored. how about the morons from msnbc,cnn,nbc and abc?

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

One has to ask two very important questions here. Number one, did Obama's people forget to tell this perp that it was supposed to be a gun-free zone he attacked? I think he missed the memo. Does that mean the administration will cut off his drugs they promised?

And two, has Eric Holder sent any NBPP members to put a bounty on the head of this heroic off-duty officer. After all, discharging a weapon without the government's permission probably saved dozens of lives. What a waste of a perfectly good crisis.

These situations are coming far too "Fast and Furious" for any of it to be a coincidence. I'm full-blown conspiracy on this now. A guy has an argument with his girlfriend, so he naturally shoots up the restaurant where he works and where she is not at, and then goes next door to shoot up a theater. Seems logical to me (not).

2hairs
2hairs

Is Soledad O'Brian going to interview the off-duty deputy? Is Obama going to call her and thank her for save those lives with a gun?

Randall Hayden
Randall Hayden

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Randall Hayden
Randall Hayden

Shame, sad, wasteful & unjust that perpetrators are given prime medical treatment at taxpayer expense -- not necessarily advocating no regenerative help.

There could be delay or error in determining if the injured had been the aggressor.

Orangeone
Orangeone

O/T but this is frightening! Holder is storing info on citizens when no crime committed. From Chaffetz & Gowdy

http://gowdy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=315502

librtifirst
librtifirst

The feds have been storing our communications for years. They are using services like Facebook, YouTube, Google, etc. to compile these communications on people, and then they build lists and prioritize them based on key words. They are not supposed to look at them without a court approval, but there is nobody watching the watchers.

Nothing we do or say is private any longer unless we have our cell phone batteries removed, or purposely seek to avoid all devices that they now monitor. This post will be stored for possible future use.

Orangeone
Orangeone

Known but apparently it is yet another violation of law but this crooked administration.  I'm glad Chaffez and Gowdy are on top of this and holding Holder's feet to the fire.  It's another piece for them to launch against him.

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

Well, let's get them started. Any inside info on when God plans on getting rid of Reid?

havetoask
havetoask

What I really fail to understand is: why do we take this individual to a hospital and surgically fix what we did to him? why don't we just let the bums bleed out?

Orangeone
Orangeone

Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Sometimes justice is lengthy (Ft. Hood) but it is the best system in the world.

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

Let's all rejoice in the fact that the Fort Hood shooter is paralyzed from midchest down and the very few pleasurable activities available to a male prisoner is beyond his physical capabilities. That gives me warm fuzzies to think of his lonely, misery.

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

I agree. I think we should sew him in a shroud and dump him overboard like we supposedly did to UBL, but leave him alive. He should be permitted to meet the shark that will process his protein to sustain life and it would make PETA happy too.

Orangeone
Orangeone

For now....not saying it's right at all to help this slime.  I prefer a quick and just verdict followed by prompt execution by firing squad.

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

A severed spine makes all that IMPOSSIBLE. Yay......

Orangeone
Orangeone

Great reminder!  But I'm sure our tax dollars are providing for his sexual needs as well, ugh, and will likely be used for any possible surgery to restore that functionality.

Frank Chacon
Frank Chacon

Good thing someone was there to stop this other nut. If you are so upset go blow your own brains out and not innocent people

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

2 people with guns... one is a deranged idiot who tried to commit a horrible crime. It appears the bad old gun that he had tried to make him kill people. The other person, an off-duty cop who was legally carrying a gun, stopped the deranged punk from doing something truly terrible. The man behind the second gun is deservedly hailed as a hero. Both had guns... one guy is bad and one guy is good.

People are the problem and the solution... not the damn guns. If any liberals out there want me to use smaller words or talk slower, I'll be glad to further dumb things down for your small minds.

badbadlibs
badbadlibs

Another difference to be added to your well thought out piece. One person tried to stop the shooter with a gun, both are alive to tell the tale.

Another persontried to stop a different shooter with just her body, both (sadly for the one who tried to stop the carnage) are dead.

How the obvious differences of the two incidents escapes the liberal mind is beyond understanding.

Orangeone
Orangeone

The one who succeeded is specially trained to do that and even with that training, the perp is still alive. School administrators are not and should not be, rather then need to be arguing to the school board to have the proper expert on site to provide the level of security needed.

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

I agree. I couldn't join you guys this weekend cause this subject has bruised my soul. I was in physical pain from it .

Orangeone
Orangeone

As I've been saying for days Hire a Vet and Save Children is Win/Win!

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

Right, wy waste tax dollars already spent on training hundreds of thousands of us in the proper use, care and handling of firearms. We've already trained them, now lets us put them to good use.

TimeForAnarchy
TimeForAnarchy

"Liberal mind" is an underused oxymoron. Giant shrimp. Government intelligence.

et al...........

Orangeone
Orangeone

The off-duty officer is female :) And yes she is a heroine in my book!

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

Good catch... I stand corrected.

Orangeone
Orangeone

It's totally okay, I had the same until I went back and re-read to see if I could identify the city

denbren52
denbren52

ABC News has it sufficiently buried on their web site. You have to search because there is not a link anywhere on the main news pages. I wonder why?

MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

This is why all honorably discharged vets should receive automatic nationally recognized Concealed Carry Permits. This is how a psycho shooting up some place should end.

EVERY damn time.

librtifirst
librtifirst

I generally don't like nationalizing anything, but that would be one to consider. I would leave it up to the states to participate, just as a constitutional matter. I like to preserve states rights when possible, even when the feds could do a seemingly good thing.

The problem is, the federal government is targeting vets as possible terrorists, and moving to take their 2nd amendment right away as much as possible.

I would have no problem with a national campaign sponsored by a private organization that the states signed on to, and that would vet those who wanted a state to state permit. I don't think that it would have to be limited to law enforcement and ex-military.

resolute2012
resolute2012

Copycat nut case. People watch too much tv these days and think shooting people up is just one of those harmless games they have played since out of the crib or have watched on CSI or similar harmful non-ending violent crime shows crud they've been fed all their stupid lives. Watch it keep happening too -- young people in their teens to 30 these days no longer seem to recognize reality from make believe or even care much.

Laurel
Laurel

The trouble is it gives them ideas. Columbine inspired school shooters and Osama inspired terrorists. There is no changing that.

Laurel
Laurel

Gee that doesn't fit the left's narrative now does it?!

John
John

too bad there wasn't the fifth, "finishing off" shot...

Now we will pay for his hospital, his recuperation "therapy";

he may sue the mall.......

Orangeone
Orangeone

And the off-duty officer and the officer's police department. I bet Allred is already at the hospital taking on her new client.

NYGino
NYGino

Wouldn't surprise me if the off duty heroine had charges brought against her and was subsequently sued by Garcia for interfering with his rights or some such charge. She then comes before a liberal judge who, in the name of fairness, throws the book at her and rewards Garcia with millions of dollars which will be paid for by out taxes.

I know this is an idiotic post but we are living in an idiotic world today.

librtifirst
librtifirst

If I had to use my weapon to stop a crime, I might consider trying to conceal the fact that it was me, just for that reason.

Orangeone
Orangeone

Almost makes me want to go to law school to defend those that conceal and carry

Orangeone
Orangeone

Sorry NY, I didn't see before I posted the same below!

NYGino
NYGino

Great minds Orangeone. We all do that. Now all I need is your personal information so I can sue you for plagiarism.

Orangeone
Orangeone

No need for the shade of red.  You are an absolutely awesome intellect on Scoop and my knowledge increases with each of your posts.  I'm thankful you share!

NYGino
NYGino

Wow! My face is turning slightly red. You're sweet Orangeone, thank you for the kind words.

Orangeone
Orangeone

I "liked" you today :) and will continue to do so not as a means of settlement but because your posts are simply EXCELLENT and LIKABLE!

NYGino
NYGino

I'd be willing to settle out of court for a couple of "Likes" thrown my way.

Orangeone
Orangeone

Feel free to serve the papers via a Scoop post, I'll waive personal service :)

John
John

very possible scenario....on top of him being here illegally, possibly.

Orangeone
Orangeone

If that's the case, we will NEVER hear about it.