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Lasher

(27,537 posts)
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 06:49 PM Dec 2021

Police: Teen charged in triple killing is loose, dangerous

Source: Associated Press

GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Dallas-area police have charged a 14-year-old with capital murder in a triple killing at a gas station and are warning that the boy is at large, armed and dangerous.

Police in Garland are seeking Abel Elias Acosta and said Wednesday that they have evidence showing he was the gunman who left three teens dead and wounded a fourth at the suburban gas station’s convenience store Sunday.

Acosta is the son of Richard Acosta, 33, who turned himself into police Monday and is also charged with capital murder for allegedly acting as a get-away driver in the shooting, police said in a statement. A juvenile court has issued an order to take the younger Acosta into custody, police said, and authorized them to publicly release his name.

Prosecutors will determine whether the teen is charged as a minor or an adult, said Lt. Pedro Barineau.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/texas-dallas-crime-shootings-162a3954c61c4ac3d60111800f6c2ca2



Another multiple murderer. Police are saying the boy's father drove him there to do the killing with than 20 rounds from a .40-caliber pistol.
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Police: Teen charged in triple killing is loose, dangerous (Original Post) Lasher Dec 2021 OP
Isn't everyone with a gun a good guy? LiberalFighter Dec 2021 #1
Move along, just a deranged killer with a gun. Nothing to see here. Initech Dec 2021 #2
Abel Elias Acosta, 14 dalton99a Dec 2021 #3
Gangbanger trash. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #10
his dad was the getaway driver Skittles Dec 2021 #14
This won't end well. MontanaMama Dec 2021 #4
If he doesn't hurt anyone else, so be it. He's already defective as fuck. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #12
Why would a father drive his son somewhere to commit murder? Stuart G Dec 2021 #5
Seems these murdering kids have I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2021 #7
At this point we can only guess. Lasher Dec 2021 #8
I'm willing to wager that they are both members of the same street gang. Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #11
Confused. Did this kid do something wrong-he had a gun. StClone Dec 2021 #6
Here is a security video of the crime. Lasher Dec 2021 #9
Only 14 years old. so horrible-for him, his family and the victims and their families. riversedge Dec 2021 #13
I'd say so horrible OF him, not for him ymmv nt EX500rider Dec 2021 #19
F that pos and his father. rockfordfile Jan 2022 #21
Someone must be hiding him. LoisB Dec 2021 #15
Looks like it happened at the Texaco Taqueria Diana Lasher Dec 2021 #16
Skinny kid like him. pfitz59 Dec 2021 #17
Father seems happy ornotna Dec 2021 #18
Kick Omaha Steve Dec 2021 #20

MontanaMama

(23,295 posts)
4. This won't end well.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 08:31 PM
Dec 2021

The kid will probably take his own life and any one else’s he has the opportunity to kill along the way.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
5. Why would a father drive his son somewhere to commit murder?
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 08:46 PM
Dec 2021

...Why?..How could anyone do that?..I haven't got a clue..

Stuart

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
7. Seems these murdering kids have
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 09:01 PM
Dec 2021

Complicit parents.

WTF is wrong with some parents? Some people should never have kids.
Wish all parents had to go to parenting classes for a month pass them all to get a liscence to have a kid.
Psychopaths,
authoritarians and narcissist people should be barred for life because of what they are. Keep them away from having kids or pets.

Anyone who beats thier spouse,no liscence for you bucko.

Lasher

(27,537 posts)
8. At this point we can only guess.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 09:32 PM
Dec 2021

One thing I have learned is, some people just don't think like we do. The linked article says investigators believe the shooting was a retaliatory attack, and to me that suggests gang activity but I don't know. More will come out about this soon.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
11. I'm willing to wager that they are both members of the same street gang.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 11:19 PM
Dec 2021

Some of the gangs in Chicago are multi-generational.

StClone

(11,682 posts)
6. Confused. Did this kid do something wrong-he had a gun.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 09:01 PM
Dec 2021

And having a gun gives limitless power, like a superhero, to whoever possesses it to do whatever you wish or need to. It's called the 2nd, and a recent court ruling tends to support parents aiding and abetting those limitless actions.

pfitz59

(10,302 posts)
17. Skinny kid like him.
Fri Dec 31, 2021, 05:24 AM
Dec 2021

wouldn't survive prison. I think he's been spirited away to Mexico, or some such place.

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