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Manuel Alcantar Jr.
United States · Aged 20 · Died 12/31/2008
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Dionisio Saucedo Jr. drove a 2005 Dodge Stratus into the western edge of Eden, Texas. A trooper stopped the Stratus. Alcantar, in the passenger seat, shot at the trooper with a 12-gauge shotgun. The trooper drew a handgun and fatally shot Alcantar. Alcantar was wanted in the shooting death of Lynda Fairchild and the wounding of her daughter, Heather Flores, the mother of Alcantar's child. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.
Alleged responsible partyTexas Department of Public SafetyReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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