ARLINGTON, TX – New details have merged regarding the shooting death of a Good Samaritan at a Texas Walgreens on Monday.Now that more details have come out, a clearer picture of events has emerged that shows why a Fort Hood soldier has been charged with the shooting death of a Good Samaritan in a Walgreens’ parking lot.
Quinisha Jones said she was surprised to see her husband of two months, 22-year-old Ricci Bradden, show up outside the Walgreens where she worked because he was supposed to be at Fort Hood. Turns out her husband was angry over a selfie she had posted on Facebook and had come to her work to confront her about it.
“He was just saying I was tripping, and I wanted attention from other people and attention from my husband just wasn’t enough,” Johnson said. “And I was trying to explain it to him, that I married you. You’re all the attention that I needed. And I could feel that he was getting mad, so I tried to walk off, and that’s when I heard him pull the gun out.”
Bradden fired two shots at her feet — the second shot hitting her ankle. Jones ran into Walgreens for help and told coworkers to lock the doors while customers began making frantic calls to 911. Outside the store, Anthony “T.J.” Antell and his wife witnessed the altercation.
Antell, who had a concealed weapons permit, retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and confronted Bradden in an attempt to make a citizen’s arrest. He aimed his gun at Bradden and told him to drop his gun. Bradden responded by slapping the gun away and shooting Antell in the head.
Antell, the owner of the CrossFit Abattoir gym in Arlington, would die in the parking lot and leave behind his wife and two children.
Bradden fled the scene and called his superior at Fort Hood to confess to what he had done. He turned himself in later and is now in the Arlington City jail facing murder and aggravated assault charges. His bail is set at $500,000.
Arlington police spokesman Christopher Cook said he does not have enough detail to comment on Antell’s actions, but did say police do not ask citizens to try to stop armed suspects.
“Any time that you can be the best witness you can be, we always recommend that,” he said. “Sometimes things turn out like this when you’re trying to stop a bad guy.”
Kudos to Antell for being one of the good guys, I guess. He was reportedly in the Army at some point, so that may explain why he attempted to arrest an armed man-baby. As a concealed weapons permit owner myself, I’m admittedly no hero and do not aspire to be one. I’ll only pull my gun if my life is in danger, and I will aim it at someone only if I’m shooting them.
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