โIโm dying, Iโm going to dieโ was 61-year-old Jorge Arbaizaโs heartbreaking last words to his wife after being shot five times inside a McDonaldโs in Texas. The innocent Houston grandfather became a tragic bystander in a gang shootout while trying to get Happy Meals for his grandkids. His wife and grandchildren waited in their car in the parking lot while he went inside. Moments later, shots rang out. โI called him when I saw all the people come out,โ she recalled teary-eyed to KHOU 11. โHe didnโt come out.โ
Unarmed and terrified, Arbaizaโs wife could do nothing while her husband died inside the Texas McDonaldโs. โI couldnโt leave the kids alone,โ she said. โThe kids were crying, and they were scared.โ According to the Harris County Sheriffโs Office, those involved in the senseless shootout were relatively young, only between 16 and 21 years old. Needless to say, they had no problem if innocent bystanders were injured or killed. โAll I want is justice,โ says Arbaizaโs sister-in-law.

Commenters on the news report are naturally infuriated at the absolute disregard for the loss of life the killers had. โThese clowns have no code or ethics,โ one YouTube viewer remarks. โCanโt even get a darn burger in peace anymore,โ groans another. โHouston is just as bad as Chicago now,โ complains a third. โBorn and raised in Houston, and the list of โused to be niceโ areas of town is growing,โ adds in a fourth. โSo heartbreaking to see this nonsense happening.โ
While plenty of commenters did share their condolences to the surviving family of the Texas grandfather, several viewed the situation with a skewed perspective. โDonโt act like you care now. You would normally call ICE on him and have him deported,โ claims one user. โHe shouldโve stayed in his home country! At least everyone there speaks their language!โ complains another, referring to how Arbaizaโs wife and sister-in-law did not speak English in the interview. Of course, plenty more heavily implied they knew the ethnicity of the shooters, referring to them as โusual suspects.โ
Whatever the case, Arbaizaโs grandchildren tragically lost โthe best grandfather,โ one who โwould give everything the kids wanted.โ According to Click2Houston, the police havenโt arrested anyone yet, but a vehicle believed to be used by the suspects was discovered. Hopefully, the thugs responsible get whatโs coming to them and pay for taking such a precious member of a family.