TX - Four Dead at Child's Birthday Party - San Patricio County >> Taft - 13 Oct 2018

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TX - Four Shot Dead at Child's Birthday Party -
San Patricio County >> Taft -
Saturday, 13 Oct 2018 -
***One Arrest***

Taft, San Patricio County, is in South-Eastern, TX.

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Texas shooting: 4 dead, 1 injured at toddler's birthday party - CNN

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[MelmothTheLost]

Likely to be drugs related? Given that the targets were not women and children this seems unlikely to be domestic.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Four people are dead after an argument at a child's birthday party.

A family in Taft, Texas held a birthday party Saturday for a one-year-old boy. Police say two families at the party had an argument that escalated into gunfire.
Four dead after shooting at toddler's birthday party

 

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Sgt. Nathan Brandley, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said 20-year-old Ronnie Rodriguez Jr. was taken into custody at his home in Taft by state troopers early Sunday morning. Rodriguez's father — Ronnie Sr., 37 — is also wanted in connection with the fatal shooting, and is being sought by law enforcement, Brandley said.

“Four adult males were found dead on scene,” Brandley said. “The fifth male was HALO-Flighted to Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline.”

The victims were identified Sunday as Juan Espinoza Sr., 62; Juan Sandoval III, 20; Jeremy Sandoval, 22; and Nicky Sandoval, 25. The Sandovals were Espinoza's grandsons, while his son — Juan Espinoza Jr., 43 — was listed in critical, but stable, condition at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial. Juan Espinoza Jr. is expected to survive his injuries, Brandley said.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Ronnie Rodriguez Sr. is asked to contact the San Patricio County Sheriff's Office at (361) 364-9600.
UPDATE: Arrest made in Taft shooting that left 4 dead

The two men officials believe to be the suspects in the shooting are 20-year-old Ronnie Rodriguez, who is in custody, and 37-year-old Ronnie Rodriguez Sr., who is still at large.
DPS identifies victims and suspects in Taft shooting

 

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[FrostOwl]

Likely to be drugs related? Given that the targets were not women and children this seems unlikely to be domestic.

Not drugs, one of the killed men was accused by the shooters to be a "peeping tom", and that man went on to get help from his relatives, and he as his grandsons were killed.
Document reveals what led to fatal Taft shooting
January 2019:
Man indicted for South Texas birthday party shooting that left 4 dead
August 2019:
Man, 21, indicted for capital murder for Taft birthday party shootings

 

[ifindedout]

Rodriguez Jr. sentenced to LWOP August 2021; no updates found on Rodriguez Sr.

Taft man sentenced to life in prison in connection with birthday-party shooting

A Taft man was found guilty of multiple capital-murder charges, and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

www.kristv.com

SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, Texas — A Taft man was found guilty of multiple capital murder charges and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

San Patricio Sheriff Oscar Rivera stated in Facebook post Friday that Ronnie Rodriguez Jr. was convicted of a shooting that left four men dead and another man injured.

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According to Rivera, Ronnie Rodriguez Sr., who also took part in the shooting, remains in custody and is awaiting his trial date.