By Le Figaro with AFP
Published on 04/19/2023 at 20:03
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A man opened fire on two cheerleaders on April 18, 2023 in Texas, USA. Aldeca Productions / stock.adobe.com
A man opened fire on cheerleaders in Texas after one tried to open the door of what they believed to be their car Tuesday, April 18, local police and media reported. This news comes as part of a tragic series of similar events in the United States, where gunfire is rampant: A black teenager was seriously injured by gunshot last week after knocking on the wrong door of a Missouri home.
In upstate New York, a 20-year-old woman was killed Saturday after being shot after accidentally driving into the driveway of a private home. In Texas, in the small town of Elgin, it’s also a bug that appears to have sparked a disproportionate backlash against four cheerleaders in a grocery store parking lot on Tuesday night. Heather Roth, one of the four teenage girls, thought she opened the door of her own car and turned it into another vehicle with a man in it.
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Armed like many Texas residents, he then approached the young women who were in another car. “I saw the man coming from the passenger side and rolled down my window to apologize,” Heather Roth told local broadcaster KTRK. “Then he raised his gun and started shooting at us.” Two of the cheerleaders were shot, one seriously, who had to be flown to a hospital.
The suspected shooter, a 25-year-old man named Predo Tello Rodriguez, was arrested and charged with murderous conduct, charges that may soon be cleared, Elgin police said. Cousins of cheerleaders and often associated with American football and basketball, encourage cheerleading sports teams across the United States, particularly on campus.