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duncang

(1,907 posts)
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:39 PM Sep 2016

Houston shooting investigation: Who is Nathan DeSai?

Source: ABC Eyewitness 13 News

HOUSTON (KTRK) --
We're learning more about a Houston attorney whose vehicle was connected to a violent shooting Monday that injured nine people in southwest Houston.

The HPD bomb squad was in the process of searching Nathan DeSai's Porsche when Eyewitness News confirmed the vehicle was registered to him.

A source told abc13 the vehicle was filled with weapons, prompting officials to use a bomb robot to search the car.

We spoke with DeSai's father who said the attorney lived near Weslayan and Bissonnet, the site of this morning's shooting. He also confirmed the attorney drove a black Porsche.


Read more: http://abc13.com/news/who-is-nathan-desai/1526983/

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Houston shooting investigation: Who is Nathan DeSai? (Original Post) duncang Sep 2016 OP
That name doesn't sound too 'muslimy' to me. Chicago1980 Sep 2016 #1
I think Desai surname is primarily Indian LeftInTX Sep 2016 #2
Just saw the picture of the guy's Father on the link... Archae Sep 2016 #3
He's probably of Indian ethnicity TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #8
I don't know, for that matter, I could care less. Archae Sep 2016 #9
Well, you were the one TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #10
I just had a couple of posters Coolest Ranger Sep 2016 #11
Those posters stand out like smelly, rotting sore thumbs. So easy to spot among progressives. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2016 #15
A neighbor says he was waving around what they thought was an AR a few weeks ago. herding cats Sep 2016 #4
Tra la la alcibiades_mystery Sep 2016 #5
It's not as if he was a threat to anyone. herding cats Sep 2016 #7
So is he supposedly one of those good guys with a gun I keep hearing about? Crowman1979 Sep 2016 #6
Oh my HAB911 Sep 2016 #12
I just saw this! PasadenaTrudy Sep 2016 #13
uh... What the fucking hell? Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #14
And 2500 rounds in his car n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #18
He was wearing Nazi Swatikas and other Nazi stuff... JunkYardDogg Sep 2016 #16
and will this get any major media coverage? Coolest Ranger Sep 2016 #17

LeftInTX

(25,209 posts)
2. I think Desai surname is primarily Indian
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:09 PM
Sep 2016

I don't know DeSai is...whether is French or just a different spelling of Desai.

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
8. He's probably of Indian ethnicity
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 02:07 PM
Sep 2016

We have an M.D. (pulmonologist) here in my community with that last name. He's probably of Indian ethnicity. Whatever he is, he seems thoroughly "Americanized." His family could have been here for a few generations.

Archae

(46,312 posts)
9. I don't know, for that matter, I could care less.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 02:13 PM
Sep 2016

What *IS* important is the lawyer was having difficulties, so he went the "shoot 'em all, suicide by cop" route.

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
11. I just had a couple of posters
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 03:18 PM
Sep 2016

have the nerve to tell me how wrong I was guess the race of the dead suspect. What is it with certain people on democratic underground when it comes to wanting to always put black people in a bad light

herding cats

(19,558 posts)
4. A neighbor says he was waving around what they thought was an AR a few weeks ago.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:32 PM
Sep 2016
The wife of a shooting victim spoke with KHOU 11 News and had further insight into the possible mental state of DeSai prior to the shooting.

"What personal problems he has going on in his life, who knows. I do know that there was a confrontation with a roofing company a few weeks ago that he had a problem with and I believe he was waving around his AR, but what set him off at 6:12 this morning, I don't know," said Jennifer Moredo.

According to Jason Delgado, property manager of the The Oaks complex, there were two incidents reported with the suspect in the past few weeks. Regarding the roofing project that Jennifer Moredo referenced, one of the roofers called police and said he had been threatened by DeSai with a gun. HPD was not able to make an arrest because the gun was not pointed at the roofer.

Most recently, there were maintenance issues at DeSai's unit. Delgado says that DeSai sent threatening emails to a man in the office.
http://www.khou.com/news/crime/who-was-the-active-shooting-suspect/326206638


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alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
5. Tra la la
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:37 PM
Sep 2016
I do know that there was a confrontation with a roofing company a few weeks ago that he had a problem with and I believe he was waving around his AR...Regarding the roofing project that Jennifer Moredo referenced, one of the roofers called police and said he had been threatened by DeSai with a gun. HPD was not able to make an arrest because the gun was not pointed at the roofer.


How could they arrest such a responsible gun owner!?!

herding cats

(19,558 posts)
7. It's not as if he was a threat to anyone.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:45 PM
Sep 2016

He was just messing around and waving his gun about to make his point. He didn't actually pose a danger to anyone, and it was his legal right to openly display his weapon.

Um, wait...

HAB911

(8,873 posts)
12. Oh my
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 03:21 PM
Sep 2016

A shooter who wounded nine people in Houston on Monday morning was wearing Nazi paraphernalia, the Houston Police Department said.

Click2Houston reports that two law enforcement sources have confirmed that police found the shooter wearing a swastika-covered, World War II-style German uniform after they fatally shot him on Monday.

[link:http://www.click2houston.com/news/large-police-presence-reported-in-southwest-houston|

JunkYardDogg

(873 posts)
16. He was wearing Nazi Swatikas and other Nazi stuff...
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 06:07 PM
Sep 2016

that said:

Upon further investigation, it has been revealed that Herr Desai is an active (shooter) member of the Trump Bowel Movement, this activity was a Promotion for The Debate tonite and is part of a campaign by the Mighty Whitey Trump Militia to encourage their Second Amendment Election Campaign.  Nothing wrong here folks, just a part of a Patriotic Political Campaign.

Sometimes you just gotta pump the brand

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