A man opened fire on female cheerleaders in Texas after one of them tried to open her car door, mistaking it for her own vehicle, police and authorities said. Local media.
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The news is part of a tragic series of similar shootings in the United States: Last week, a young black man was seriously injured after knocking on the wrong door of a home in Missouri. According to US media, the suspect pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
In New York state, a 20-year-old woman was shot and killed after driving erratically into a private home.
In the small town of Elgin, Texas, on Tuesday evening, four cheerleaders in a supermarket parking lot appeared to have sparked a backlash.
Heather Roth, one of the four teenage girls, opened the door of her own car and turned it into another vehicle, which contained a man.
Armed like many Texas residents, he approached the young women sitting in another car.
“I saw the guy get out of the passenger side and I rolled down my window to try to apologize,” Heather Roth told local station KTRK. Then he raised his gun and started shooting at us.
Two of the cheerleaders were injured in the shooting, one of whom was taken seriously to hospital.
The suspected shooter, Pedro Tello Rodriguez, a 25-year-old man, has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, charges that could be cleared soon, Elgin police said.
Relative to cheerleaders and often associated with American football and basketball, cheerleaders inspire sports teams in the United States, particularly on campuses.
