Family in shock after Briton shot in US bar
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A British father shot dead in a US bar was just "in the wrong place, at the wrong time", his family said tonight.
Tom Reeve, 28, from Maidenhead, Berkshire, had only stopped in Amarillo while travelling through the US "because he liked the song" by Tony Christie, relatives said.
A statement issued from the family's home said: "Tom was a much loved son, brother and father who will be missed by the whole family and very many friends."
Teetotal Mr Reeve, who had been on a road-trip from San Francisco to Florida with two friends, died of a wound to the torso after a masked gunman walked in to the Spotted Pony bar on Thursday night (US time).
Speaking of their shock in a statement, relatives said: "Tom had lived all his life in Maidenhead, had played in a boys football team from age 7 to 17 and latterly played in a bowling league. Although he worked for many years in the licensed trade he was, in fact, teetotal.
"He was on a holiday with two of his friends, driving from San Francisco to Florida and had chosen Amarillo as a stopping place because he liked the song! He was just in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
"He loved life, was always happy and optimistic about the future. He was generous, kind and always saw the best in every one he met. He adored his 9 month old daughter, Tabitha, and was a devoted father.
"The whole family are in shock and will be issuing no further statements at this time."
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And don't get me wrong, I am sorry that innocent people get killed, but we all play a role. "Let him without sin cast the first stone."
"The Associated Press said Cisneros was arrested on a warrant and no bond was set"
It's illegal for a some with a warrant to have a firearm or for that matter to be on the streets. So why would he care about gun laws? People think because "minorities" do a disproportion number of crimes somehow it's discrimination, think again. We have special hate crime laws that give white people (yes your colonial cousins) more time for doing a crime against your beloved "minorities". Wake up UK someday your wonderful minorities might decide "god told them to kill non-believers, I bet you'll wish you were armed....
It's sad that he went to Texas. I am from Massachusetts and would do nothing more than fly over that god-forsaken heathen, backwards, crazy state. The whole south frightens me with its hypocritical bible thumpers, gay-bashers, and the KKK. (All very much alive in that part of the world) It's like stepping back into the dark ages.
They cry that they pay too much in taxes and don't want healthcare for all, but in the end we pay much more in taxes than the flyover states, so why should they complain when we welcome the reforms?We pay and they get the money. Most of the federal aid goes to those supposedly "god-fearing" states. Such hypocrisy. They are the least moral of all. Lord knows it's over 50 years that we are behind the rest of the entire world in almost every aspect. We will pay for guns and bombs and junk f-16s, but education and healthcare? Why would we support LIFE, LIBERTY, AND FREEDOM, when we can support DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
The lesson here...if you come to the states, stay in the Northeast and the far west coast. The rest is not worth the danger. They aren't kidding when they say "TEXAS, it's like a whole other country." They forgot to add "A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY". I take that back, a 3rd world country is probably safer.