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Road Rage outside Gonzales City Hall in Texas: Two people shot

by amyjudd | March 10, 2009 at 01:22 pm

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KSAT-TV are now describing the incident as an apparent car collision that resulted in one person brandishing a gun and shooting two people.

A car collision in front of City Hall sparked a fight, which led to one person brandishing a gun and shooting two people. Two others were injured in the ensuing fight. The two shooting victims were transported to San Antonio via AirLife.All schools in the city were on lockdown for a brief time, but that order has since been lifted and children are being allowed to leave the school.

In what is being described as a shooting between two rival gangs, seven people, two of them injured, have been shot at outside Gonzales City Hall in Texas.

In what city officials described as a confrontation between rival gangs, shots were fired in the parking lot of Gonzales City Hall Tuesday.

Two people were reported injured.

No more information is available at this time.

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zeet

at 13:46 on March 10th, 2009

Crazy!
Remind me to bring a bazooka should I ever choose to drive my car to Texas...

Fred Miller

at 15:47 on March 10th, 2009

It ain't that bad. I've lived here for 12 years and no one's shot at me (yet). But that's because I live only 5 mins. from work. Yee-haw !

NikkiMax (not verified)

at 19:33 on March 10th, 2009

I was on the scene shortly after this happened, covering the story. I shot the photos you see on here and around the web and on tv. I just wanted to set a few things straight. It was not a case of random road rage or a gang meeting gone wrong. It was a chase through town that ended in the city hall parking lot. An SUV chased a small car and purposefully rammed it over and over, injuring the men and women inside. Followed by a fist fight in the street, gunshots, and two people being run over on purpose. Throw in about 30 witnesses during broad daylight and you have wuite a bit of kaos! Visit www.gonzalesinquirer.com for more updated information and photos. Be safe out there!

Fred Miller

at 17:40 on March 11th, 2009

Nikki, that was a great job getting and staying on the story, and great photos too !

anonymous user (not verified)

at 00:02 on March 12th, 2009

nikki you dont know what your talking about... you supposed to be a reporter

D29TEXAS (not verified)

at 15:08 on March 12th, 2009

I am curious as to how the police had the one vehicle surrounded, yet the person was able to get away? Hopefully they catch him and they all stay in prison for a long time.

Katherine a citizen of Gonzales (not verified)

at 17:49 on March 12th, 2009

This entire incident happened because the police department here doesnt have the guts to make a real impact on crime.They knew years ago about this rivalry and that drug dealers and thugs had moved into our formaly quaint and quiet community and did nothing. The news paper here prints a police blotter and lists whenever someone gets arrested It proves that the police here are only interested in the most petty of crimes, such as the arrest of a woman because her dog got out of the yard and she didn't pay the ticket in a timly manner, or a 15 year old had a smart mouth or that Simon C. was again arrested for Public intoxication ( Simon has been arrested at least once a week for the last 3 years for PI) None of these people were ever any real treat to anyone Then the police here brag and act as if they have done so much to protect the citizens and uphold the law. Hey Gonzales PD Grow a spine and a Brain and get real!