David Arroyo Police Shootout in Tyler Texas

The Tyler courthouse shooting refers to a February 24, 2005, incident in which David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. opened fire on his ex-wife and son in front of the Smith County Courthouse in Tyler, Texas, then engaged police and court officers in a shootout. Mirabel Estrada, his ex-wife, was killed at the scene, as was Mark Allen Wilson, a downtown resident who attempted to intervene; Arroyo was fatally shot by police after a high-speed pursuit where he repeatedly shot at officers. Two sheriff's deputies, a police officer, and Arroyo's son were wounded.

At the time of the shooting, Estrada and her son, David Hernandez Arroyo Jr., were entering the courthouse for a hearing regarding her ex-husband's failure to pay child support after their 2004 divorce. Estrada's lawyer later stated that his client did not believe her ex-husband to be dangerous.

Arroyo, who had parked nearby, approached his ex-wife and son on the steps outside the Smith County Courthouse and fired on them with a semi-automatic MAK-90 rifle, a semi-automatic rifle styled after the AK-47 assault rifle, hitting Estrada in the head and Arroyo Jr. in the leg. The shots brought a response from nearby sheriff's deputies and police, and Arroyo and the officers began trading gunfire. The officers were armed only with pistols, and Arroyo wounded several and forced them to retreat.

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[Cosmoline]

NO MENTION OF MARK WILSON!!!? The producers have removed a hero from their version of events because they DO NOT WANT TO ADMIT A CCW SAVED LIVES! SHAME!! SHAME!!

[Redridge07]

white guys ....

[ComradeAgopian]

Oh please , do you know the sheer power of the 1st Marine Division , the 82nd Airborne ? They would crush you .

[Aris Schoute]

This reminds me of the shooting in the movie Skyfall

[Swivelgames]

You idiot. AK-47 comes in semi-auto and select-fire (auto or burst). Of course theres no bolt action AK-47! A civilian AK-47 is a semi-automatic rifle (one shot per pull of the trigger). It is a SPORTING RIFLE, not an Assault Rifle. Learn your shit dude. Fuck...

[Chain Edrick]

just in case the government come for us. Also its to protect agaist tyranny ,coruption

[yessabubba]

another shitball off the street...nice job Tyler Pd...

[rusn187]

0:17 Shit just got real

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[Vladistamboliev]

Well "nobody ever thought he would do something like that but that" is the American thing. It happens in other countries too, but most often, such kind of psychopaths are found in the US. I am not saying I do not understands, because the way you describe it, with his wife and her boyfriend, I would get so frustrated on the inside, that I cant tell. However, why hurt innocent people?