Garland convenience store shooting trial begins, father of accused shooter faces capital murder char
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- The state maintains that Richard Acosta did "promote and assist" his son with the deadly shooting of three teens. The defense says the dad had no idea what his son was about to do. www.fox4news.c...
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I feel so bad for the 14 year old innocent bystander and his family. It’s just not fair he got lumped into this.
Let’s be real humans are scummy does it really matter .Like everyone is a narcissist everyone is out to one up someone everyone will hurt you no second thought everyone has weird thoughts .
I don't understand why, if he was completely uninvolved, the dude came all the way inside and murdered him point blank? Such a senseless loss of life.
@@justtryme2020 he probably thought he was with the other 2
Life isn't fair unfortunately.
@@user-ri4ir7iy3w To use this terrible situation to promote your personal ideals, in this case "more gun ownership rights" just reveals that you yourself, are not in an objectivley thinking right mind to own weapons that can kill people with one single adjustment to the trigger finger. Just save your gun crazy ideals for a more appropriate occasion.
He knew exactly what was about to happen, and he knows exactly where his son is. Hope justice is served.
Yeah this was messed up
Fr put him and his son in jail for a long time
@@dangelomendez3269 that son prolly south of the border now - he would have no hope staying
They got a special place in hell for defense lawyers I swear like I’m surprised a bolt of lightning didn’t strike him..
There’s a bounty on his head already incase y’all didn’t know, just know vatos looking for him lol
This dad cased it out for his teen son
Sickening
Fr horrible he deserves the death penalty the only thing that can end this violence. The violence can only end when a hood guy has a gun.
he most definitely did you can tell
That's father of the year
@@grimmjow714son still at large
@@5tonniivisuals47 yes he's in San Diego
Broke my heart and pissed me off how the shooter took the 14yr old teenagers life just a bystander trying to hide as best as possible under the chair WOW RIP! RIP to the 3 teens! Tragedy!
Shits sickening. Homie was fresh off work just getting tacos for his fam RIP
@@toosickilx3476 Rest In Paradise! May his soul be with GOD! ❤️
@@CM5194 💯
I hope the inmates give him a warm welcoming. Show him how it feels to be helpless
This is not Hollywood dude
He might be wanted by the inmates inside because this is a child abuse case in a round about way but if it wasn't on the paperwork then he's living his life in the in-crowd inside prison.
He is a horrible Dad & horrible person to condone that type of bs. RIP to the 3 victims
They need to fry that pos, including his son.
You don’t know what your talking about
The unedited raw version is crazy! Sad!!
@@phillipthompson4416 clearly u don’t
I hope they get out you don’t know what happened minutes before the camera footage shows
Lmao the dad really thinks we’re going to fall for that
Y’all seen the video it’s crazy bruh
If he doesn't want to report his son then he can do time for him. Someone needs to pay for what they have done. These are the type of people you want off the streets.
It was painful to see the kid protecting himself with the chair. Poor baby. Doesn’t even know this other guys. And also sad for the other teens running away and dying. I hope the son and father will stay in jail forever. I’m actually following this case for months, glad they are caught
Same. When I realized he was the same age as me I was shocked. Cos that kid wasn't even with them he was a innocent bystander who got the most of it. He was targeted when he was just being a good kid and getting tacos for his family smh
The shooter is still on the run
The dad is but the son has still to this day not been found its said he is long gone in mexico after the shooting.
That lawyer defending that "father" is comical in his defense. Doing his job I guess.
As a lawyer your gonna get cases that will never be In your favor.
@@Qdawg121 are you a lawyer?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 it doesnt matter lol he doesnt care all he wants is the money hes getting from just speaking
@@CZ_700 I doubt he is a lawyer.
gets paid fat regardless win or lose might as well help his good paying client no matter the crime
Of course the elder SOB knew of his younger SOB son intentions. Don't let 'em fool you.
YEA diversity
Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🛸🤴🏽🦁⌛️
The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people.
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@@silentmajority8365 cry
Lol actions speak louder than words🗑🔫🤡💩🌮
I dont agree with what this kid did,, but i dont agree with the "victims" who pulled a gun on him 1st.
He told his son
Look those boys are inside go get them
That's how I feel
@@btglass60 👍
Yep
Yeah👍
💯💯defo
Can't imagine how the family of the kid just sitting there feels. I imagine it'd be hard not to blame the families of the other victims for not raising their kids right
😊😮😊😮😅😢😢😊😊😮😅😊 0:47 0:47 😊😅😮
This man deserves to spend three life sentences in prison! Remember this is TEXAS so he could get the death penalty! He went in the store to make sure the intended targets were in the store then waited in the parking lot until the brutal murders were carried out!!!!
Executed this 2 soon is possible
@MLG Alexx no excuse no way out! He went into the store scoped out the environment saw the people his son was looking for and relayed the intel back to his son so he could carry out the murders! He knew what was going on! Was active an active member of the crime and was complicit in every way shape form or fashion! Guilty!!!!
Death!
Texas should still uphold the firing line this should be easy we don’t even need a court 🤷♂️😎
Yes so how would the defense even support itself if he circled back around. Kid comes out. And you wait until the situation is done and proceed to departure the establishment.
Rip to all 3 of the young men lives that were taken
Rip amen 🙏🙏✝️✝️
This is heartbreaking, I really hope these two monsters get locked up forever.
Why lock people like this up? They're on camera executing an innocent kid hiding under a chair. They should get kicked into the deepest hole and not another moment or dime of tax payer energy wasted on trash like this
They'll be locked up here in this earth for a few years til their death hopefully. Then They'll be free to burn in hell for ever and ever and.............. Ever !!!
Laws is another problem. Every murder, should be punished, for the rest of life.
You are playing a hot potato, if you bring it back to the streets. Theres no replacement for life. If you took off mine, why i would want you to “enjoy life”?
Uhhhh...no our tax dollars feed them....let that sink in
He's back in Mexico. God bless open borders.
This is just a whole messed up situation, no way this should be the only way a father teaches his son how to deal with bullies, or any situation. Dad is a coward and raising a coward and is solely responsible for ending his sons life, never in my life have I seen a father drive his son to commit a crime. Wow
they weren’t bullies
It just happened with the PNB ROCK situation the whole family killed him
@Anthony Padilla how so then?
who were those boys, how all this started?
@@aztekempire gangmembers do exist and they have other gangmembers that are rivalry do a little more research on the situation before assuming "bullies" had a play in this case
@@anthonypadilla5070 how you know ?
Senseless crime.
My condolences to your family over this entire ordeal I can't imagine what you feel . Try to take one day at a time with each other to heal my prayers are with you.
His nephews were gangbanging and shot at their murder
The father stopped right at the front and wants to claim he had no idea where the shots were coming from is ridiculous at best!
i know right, he could easily look to the left and clearly see his son standing at the entrance shooting rounds. Even if he couldn't see the gun from his angle, he could clearly see he son running around in a frantic manner, but not like he was trying to escape, like he was going after someone.
I think the father has killed many people himself because of the way he had his kid be a trained killer, the kid had to learn this from somewhere.
ik the father he has been involved with his fathers guns and drugs/gangs movies back when he was a teenager. He’s honestly mental
Not very smart to drive your own vehicle to a gas station with cameras for a shooting lmao they shouldve stolen a car right beforehand then drive it to middle of nowhere and burn it to smithereens
R.i.P. Xavier Gonzalez... 🙏
rip
🙏🏿
Being a relatively 'young parent' allows me to hang out and around my teenage sons very often and naturally so my main goal is that never ever ever will they be involved in a such sad situation as this one.
I like how they have the Dad looking like a school principal in court 🤣 we know what you really look like!
R.I.P Xavier Gonzalez. 🕊️ 🕊️ 🕊️ 🖤🖤🖤
Condolences to the family of the young boy just sitting waiting....
His dad went out wit em mad respect
What do you mean by that?
@@shonuf5152don't mind his goofy
Dad is a liar you can see his kid from where his truck was
Oh seriously he knew what his son was planning. He probably encouraged it. We all know he knows where his son is now. Just so frustrating
Hopefully the jury does their job and convicts him guilty. That way don’t have to keep playing this charade.
right kid is most likely in mexico now hiding for the rest of his maybe one day he will get tired and try to come back thinking they have forgotten and is gonna get caught but who knows his father is now doing life in prison with no chance of parol
Hopefully, they'll give him the death penalty.
@@CZ_700 actually he’s not doing life in prison.
He was doing surveillance for his son before the shooting to confirm his sons' "targeted" victims" were present. BS he didnt know!
That dude planned it with his son" wtf sick " may thoses kids rest in peace
The father never turned off the headights of the truck when he parks
Great point!
New cars have automatic lights
So. What's your point?
Hope the families never give up and get their justice
Condolences to the innocent victim trying to cover themselves much as possible.
Father knew that’s why he had the truck running
He had the AC on, come onnn
He was waiting for him to come out and sit in the back seat
The father went inside before his son went in come on
@@snoopy5736 yea right He saw his son with the gun in his hand you see it in the video
@@richardresendez2325 Poor kid, he was set up to fail starting off by his dad
Man that kid is still on the run!? 😶 That's insane 😩
Yea allot of people around that area and Dallas/Richardson are getting away with murder just in my street they killed around 8 ppl including my co-worker and her bby brother and nobody has been found even tho most of the murders were caught on camera
Listening to words would tell you that the father is on the run, because it was said word for word.
@@KB-nt7eg how is the father on the run when he's in court 🤦
@@KB-nt7eg in the first 2 seconds it says teen still on the run. Dad on trial.
they should try searching in Mexico his dad helped him crossed the border
more parents need to held accountable
Yes, start charging the parents when children commit crimes. Kid kills someone driving too fast, parents go to jail. Kid shoots up his school, parents go to jail. If my dog attacks someone, I can be arrested and sued.
He confirmed to his son that the kids (targets) were in the store. That’s why he walked in to buy something small and then walked out to the car
The dad for sure knew what was going on trust me
Calm down Columbo. Everyone knows!
@@macman975 😅
The attorney claims his defendant never saw his son had a gun bc his son was riding in the back. Yet, surveillance video claims that is a lie. The kid was shirtless in the passenger seat with a gun when he got down from the truck. When he committed the crime that’s when he ran to the back seat for easy leaving access. I hope they point this out too nobody brought this up in the first day trial.
He's just doing his job because at the end of the day he gets his money and his life goes on and the dad goes to prison
@@pvtstxrm he has a very difficult job to do. Damn near impossible if you ask me. The defense he’s using is clearly weak as hell. No way the jury doesn’t see exactly what is going on. He took out an innocent bystander and an employee who had nothing to do with them. Sloppy and heartless. I’d be surprised if he was still alive.
lawyers will get some cases that will never be in their favor but they just gotta speak to get their money
Free the dad
@@jerrymylove1754 hes not trying to convince the jury. Hes only trying to convince his client that there's a chance.
this story makes me sick to my stomach. im so sorry for the families
Sorry about your nephew 👼🏼
How humans are killing humans it’s really insane what a world we made around us. It’s really really sad for the loss these families had to go through..love and strength to the families fighting for justice
It is really terrible thing to watch, as a person from Saudi Arabia, who visited the United States for studying and to complete my scholarship , it’s really sad to see the united state trajectory . Poor gun control, life of innocent people is not valuable anymore !!!
People should protest against this nonsense second amendment
@RAKAN ALTASSAN
protests do nothing lmao. The governments do not care about the people that goes for all countries
Yeah true there should be strict laws like GCC, when I visit Dubai I never had to worry about safety or never seen any VIPs roaming around with body guards
@@rakanaltassan7797clearly you know nothing about American history.... We need our guns to potentially protect us from our own government.
The second amendment clearly is NOT the problem, WE'VE HAD THE SECOND AMENDMENT HERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
What we're dealing with in America is a complete decay of society, we're no longer a country of justice but a country of social justice. We've reignited the flames of racism by way of corrupt media.
It's super easy to blame an object for the problem, but it doesn't help anything. We have actual issues here that need to be taken care of and people like you complaining about the 2A are a Cancer to us Real Americans.
Animals kill animals calm tf down
As a father you're supposed to teach your son about respect and how to become a man this POS just ended his and his son's life when they catch him cause he will be caught hope they never see the light of day
That's how you handle business in the criminal world
He’s in Mexico 50/50 he gets caught tbh. Hope he does though.
@@jonahhowell9893 if enough effort is put, they will find him, everything is a footprint is this times
Maybe that Fagg3t off'd himself already. Well at least we hope so🤷♂️
He did a good job. He was a Christian.
I bet he had Jesus dangling on his neck.
What a terrible monster and he’s the dad!? Please Karma get these two!!
exactly, I know someone who personally knew the father. And the father has been involved with guns since he was a teenager he’s been in this lifestyle and carried that on with his son
@@twicesmother I noticed watching the trial that he has the MS13 “lips” tattoo in the back-right of his neck.. I bet his kid is hiding with them.
They were in a shooting before with those other 2. Basically it was payback but an innocent was involved.
It’s one thing to shoot someone from far away….uh no bro. Regardless of distance you shouldn’t shoot people.
3:00 shoots the guy in the back, and some folks want to make prison like a county club. We need prison to be so bad that people would rather kill themselves then go. Owe I will make them worse? OK then back in the cage the reject goes his choice
Wow that father just ruined all these families and his own ,so sad to see
This is horrible I hope they get justice for these young boys
Justice for the one boy other guys had it coming open your eyes love by the gun due by the gun
You will be able to flee, run, hide, get lost in the dark of night, but never flee before the law of life. He who kills iron with iron dies at the end of everything. No one leaves this life without paying what they owe.
Bury Them In A Cell Forever!
Imagine shooting an innocent victim hiding on the floor in the back. Wtf
His son will be arrested in the year of 2050 after killing another peoples in Mexico, while Mexican police are searching for him and will come back to sweet home in USA. I mean, the boy already in Mexico, so put his father in jail for 100 years.
Rest in heavenly peace Xavier 🥺❤️🙏
Dudes don’t know who they’re messing with anymore ... rest in piss perros .
Except the innocent boy . Rest In Peace
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 having your foot on the brakes means you getting ready to drive off 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
His dad a vet
Like I said parents stop having kids if you don't know how to raise them right
That's soo sad :( prayers to the family
Cartel?
Unbelievable how people like the driver can get a lawyer to try and convince a jury he’s innocent
That kid ain't in the states.
If I hear shots being fired..... My first instinct is to look for my son and protect him. But that father didn't go after his son. If shots were fired and didn't know where they came from I would duck in my truck and it would take me about 3 to 5 seconds to realize my son is in the truck and drive away, it didn't take him a second to realize his son was back in the truck and drive away. That's because he didn't duck, he didn't panic, he didn't hesitate and he didn't look for his son, GUILTY
It'a just straight forward,no need to analyze obvious stuff
His father was parked in front of the store while Junior was creeping along the window with a gun in his hand. Yet he wants the jury to believe that, he sped off after the shooting because he was in fear for his life. Yeah right!
Richard your family is not safe because of your actions. Hope you son isnt found by the streets
His father shouldn’t be charged, he didn’t pull the trigger
Conspiracy
Remember they were involved in a shooting earlier. Live by the gun, die by the gun. It's the gang lifestyle, you see the bandana on victims hand. Representing on his last day.
don’t forget the son also killed a innocent bystander and made sure he died by shooting him again after he went in hiding. The son is a coward why did he have to shoot the innocent? They were going to say the exact thing that the cameras show.
Man this is so heartbreaking 💔!!
I’m sorry you lost your life like this Xavier 😞 !
Hope they both get what they deserve!!!!!!!
The dad got life in prison
Like xavier would see ur condolences 💀
Purely trash this 2
@@-y8660 you weird asf
@@-y8660 like a bad rash idiots are everywhere im guessing the clinic was closed today since your in the comments instead 🤡
Pure evil
Did he just say "It's one thing to shoot someone from far away, it's another to sneak behind them and shoot them in the back." Wow. This is the world we live in.
The bodycam of the aftermath is insane. Cant imagine being that age again and shooting 3 other teens..Just crazy
Wouldn’t be surprised he turn himself in 24 hours after once he made sure his Son Made it to his Hideout safely smh R.I.P to these poor guys
His son is in Mexico hiding they say. I hope the same happens to him there but worst. You can tell he’s fired a gun plenty of times by how he held and shot it repeatedly. God bless all there family’s but especially to that poor innocent kid who was just being a good lil boy and waiting g to eat. That kills me
It's not a crime to shoot a gun
@@jonn40853 your comment shows your IQ
@@Mindgauge you said you can tell hes held a gun before, why tf does that even matter. I shot a gun 1 year younger than he did at 13 wooopty fucken doo,
@@jonn40853 wasn't the point.
@@SwEtchinmusic it’s the way it was presented. My son began shooting at a young age. He served in the United States Marine Corps, he’s in his mid thirties and never committed a crime in his life. Words are very powerful, careful where you put them and in what context.
He is only 14 this is wild and how he still on the run
he has family in mexico which is hiding him and most likely wont step foot in USA land ever again
Maybe in 20 year we will see a new La Barbie or something like this. A cartel big boss. He has the balls to make a great career in the crime industry.
Wtf is that? Why he did this? WTF? for what???
How low can YOU GO, dad
People who defend People like these, should have their licenses revoked.
That would be a violation of the defendants constitutional rights
@@mikemadden2870
What about the people who are affected
@@anovino1992 What about them
If you run off all the defense lawyers then who will protect the innocent
@@mikemadden2870
I got your point, I am just hurt for these family.
This is so weird, there has to be more to this
Well there is, those kids were in a shooting with them before the store incident... why where they shooting at each other before? Idk
Yes god people needs help
the father knew.. firing Squad nothing less..
Life for Father
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
if they haven't caught this kid, it's more than likely he's long gone living his life in another country .. Im sure his only regret is his dad got caught. In his eyes he believes he is justified for taking care of the bullies.
Another country? Bro is in Mexico right now, only country he can go to.
Those "bullies" tried to kill him first... it's gang related. The only innocent person is the 14 year old kid that was there eating food. He got mistaken for a rival gang member
This is so damn sad. A couple weeks ago, some dude went into a circle k down the road from my house, at 3:30 in the morning, and unloaded his handgun on three innocent strangers, who were in line trying to get food, then he killed a guy who had just pulled into the parking lot, sitting in his car. He was on the run for most of that day, until around 2:30 in the afternoon, he asked some lady outside of Target, if he could use her phone, then called his mom, and said "I killed those people". The lady managed to get her phone back, get away from the killer, and called the police. Just as the police were pulling up behind Target, the dude shot, and killed himself. Pansy couldn't face the consequences of his cowardly actions.
RIP souls 🕊️
Thank you for sharing this
Wot is This ☯️
He IS paying for his actions. In hell....🔥🔥🔥
No shirt no shoes no service USA
Shows Your mentality The person is a psycho path Even if he had a suit and tie on He is still a psychopath What does having no shirt no shoes have to do with anything??
legally even if the driver didn’t know his passenger was going to kill someone the driver is still charged, im 99% sure that applies on a federal level
So the one boy was completely innocent. That is freaking terrible!!
That was the weakest argument i've ever heard from the attorney trying to defend him 😩
The attorney just care about money. They don't have morals or ethics.
so sad. rip to those 3 beautiful boys
The rotten apple doesn’t fall far from the rotten tree
Imagine being this type of father figure 🤡🤡🤡🤡
0:16 But did he really help his son, as a father he failed. Got his son on the most wanted, ruined his son's, family's and his life, not to mention the victims', and for what, some kind of rite of passage with his son, haha loser.
Damn this was 😢 sad, may all of the victims families find peace ❤️🙏🏾
There's only 1 victim
@@chrisrodriguez6549 I’m victimized by the news “smart one”
Last name Acosta in Garland, TX. Makes sense.
Was your point? It's a Mexican problem in the USA society?
The defendant's lawyer's excuses are so ridiculous and everything was planned.
he needs money
As a Mexican, these type of people must go!!
This is a tragedy. And the shooter needs to face the full extent of the law.
Lawyer is a liar -
He knew it was his son-
Really he didn’t know what was going on but didn’t leave until his son got back in the truck 🤨 that’s a lie and the poor innocent boy just waiting for his food and had nothing to do with it 😢 I feel so bad and sad for the boy Mother and father and family to lose him like that is just heartbreaking
💔💔😢😢
Not defending them at all but would u leave ur son if u heart gun shots ?
any update?
Death penalty for father and son