Eric Eugene Washington, who is described by his mother as a fine gentleman despite having been arrested for assaulting the mother of his child a month before trying to hold up a taqueria.
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The difference between a hero and a vigilante depends on whether you love or hate the person he killed.
Around 11:30 PM on Thursday, January 6 at the Ranchito #4 Taqueria in southwest Houston, either a hero or a vigilante fired nine bullets at a masked black man who was waving around what looked like a gun and demanding that patrons hand over their wallets to him.
A website that rates zip codes by their level of per-capita violent crime gave the zip code where the shooting occurred an “F,” stating that it was statistically more violent than 93% of the nation’s zip codes. (more…)