A Texas man has been accused by authorities of pausing his dinner date to fatally shoot a person who had allegedly posed as a parking attendant and scammed him out of $40, in line with courtroom data.
Erick Aguirre has been charged with homicide within the April 11 demise of 46-year-old Elliot Nix.
Throughout a courtroom listening to on Thursday, Aguirre’s bond was set at $200,000. His lawyer, Brent Mayr, declined to remark.
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Police say Aguirre, 29, and his date had parked their autos close to a downtown Houston restaurant when Nix approached them, saying it will price $20 every to park their vehicles, in line with a possible trigger affidavit.
Aguirre paid the $40 however was later informed by a restaurant worker that Nix didn’t work for the parking zone and had scammed them, police stated.
An worker at a close-by smoke store later informed police he noticed Aguirre run again to his automotive, seize a pistol and go after Nix. The worker stated each males went out of his view however he heard a gunshot earlier than 8 p.m. after which noticed Aguirre “nonchalantly strolling again to his automotive with the gun in his hand” earlier than placing the gun again in his automotive and strolling again throughout the road to the restaurant and going inside together with his date, in line with the affidavit. Nix was taken to a hospital, the place he later died.
Aguirre’s date later informed police she didn’t see or hear what he had performed and was solely informed by Aguirre that “he had simply scared the man and the whole lot was fantastic,” in line with the affidavit.
Erick Aguirre, 29, is being held on a $200,000 bond for reportedly killing alleged con-artist Elliot Nix over $40. (Houston Police Division through AP)
Aguirre’s date stated the couple then began strolling to their desk however they left and ate at one other restaurant after Aguirre appeared uncomfortable and recommended they go someplace else, in line with the affidavit.
Aguirre’s date contacted police two days later after police had launched pictures of the couple, who had been recognized by tricks to Crime Stoppers.
“She wished to do the suitable factor. She wished to make it possible for she got here ahead and informed the police what she knew,” Rick DeToto, the girl’s lawyer informed KPRC.
Aguirre, who lives close to Corpus Christi, positioned about 200 miles southwest of Houston, was arrested earlier this week. He remained jailed Thursday.
Houston legal protection lawyer Grant Scheiner, who’s not affiliated with the case, stated that below state legal guidelines associated to safety of property, Aguirre’s lawyer will probably be capable of make an argument that the usage of lethal drive was justified.
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However the circumstances associated to this case, together with retrieving a weapon when there was no speedy hazard after which persevering with with one’s dinner after the alleged capturing, won’t assist Aguirre, Scheiner stated.
In 2021, Texas lawmakers authorized laws permitting folks to hold handguns and not using a license, and the background test and coaching that had gone with it.
“The issue is that weapons are simply so extensively accessible and there’s a whole lot of misinterpretation on when you should use lethal drive,” Scheiner stated. “You will have a whole lot of weapons and never very a lot data.”
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Nix’s deadly capturing comes after a number of high-profile incidents across the U.S. the place nonviolent conditions — going to a mistaken tackle, stepping into the incorrect automotive or going right into a neighbor’s yard to retrieve a basketball — devolved into shootings.
