Three Men injured from gunshot wounds at Gerardo’s Bar on El Indio Highway in Eagle Pass
By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.
A heated discussion among patrons at Gerardo’s Bar located at 3515 El Indio Highway in Eagle Pass, Texas caused one patron to pull out a handgun and open fire against other patrons wounding three men and forcing others to flee for safety on Sunday, September 28, 2014, at approximately 1:40 A.M.
The gunman fled the scene in an automobile before the law enforcement authorities arrived.
The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department and Eagle Pass Police Department officers responded to the emergency telephone call for assistance. The Texas Rangers have taken over the investigation.
Three men were injured from gunshot wounds. Two men were transported by ambulance to Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center while a third person refused medical attention at the scene. One person had to be transported to a San Antonio, Texas medical facility for medical treatment and surgery arising from his gunshot wounds to his lungs. Another person was treated locally at Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for his gunshot wounds.
Approximately five months ago, two men were injured from a knife attack at the same bar establishment by another patron during a heated argument.
These two men are still recovering from their knife wounds. The assailant has not been arrested to date and remains a fugitive from law enforcement.
This particular stretch of El Indio Highway has been prone to numerous bar room fights and injuries, intoxicated drivers, speeding motorists, and pedestrians run over by motorists. At least eight persons have died over the years on this stretch of El Indio Highway from being struck by motorists.
Local citizens who reside near this dangerous stretch of El Indio Highway have continuously complained to local law enforcement and publicly elected officials to do something about this dangerous situation on El Indio Highway, but to date the problem persists and people continue getting injured or killed.
