Paul Rodriguez shot his 1 yr old daughter, then drove away.

**Mom of 4** · June 23rd, 2008, 10:22 PM

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- Police on Monday filed charges against a man for shooting his 1-year-old daughter in the ankle last week.

Police said Paul Estevan Rodriguez, 18, shot his daughter after a dispute with the child's mother Tuesday.

Police said the girl is recovering after undergoing minor surgery to remove the bullet.

An affidavit said the girl's parents got into an accident near Rogge and Wellington Lanes Tuesday. Police said the mother, Andrea Milligan, had spotted Rodriguez and started following his car. Rodriguez then slammed on the brakes, and the two got into the accident.

"Paul got out of the vehicle with a gun, and as the victim's car was next to Paul's, he fired one shot," said police Detective Jason Staniszewski.

Witnesses said Rodriguez then got out at the intersection and shot into the backseat where his 1-year-old daughter was riding after hearing warnings from Milligan.

Officers said the father and mother had a history of arguments.

"The mother did say, 'Don't shoot in the car, your daughter's in the backseat,'" Staniszewski said.

The affidavit said Rodriguez then got back into his car and drove away.

"Once the mother realized the baby had been shot, they were trying to get to the hospital, while they were driving, they ran into a police officer," Staniszewski said.

Police said they do not know why Rodriguez and Milligan were arguing, but the father's new girlfriend had been sitting in the front seat of the car.

Police are looking for Rodriguez and have a $50,000 bond waiting for him.

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**back alley sally** · June 23rd, 2008, 11:49 PM

look at this moon pie faced fatty! how he got a new girlfriend after the old one wisened up I will never know. ps who shoots into the backseat where their child is sitting!?!? ugh I bet he'll change that expression when they shoot into HIS backseat after lights out.

**Silvahalo** · June 24th, 2008, 12:19 AM

I heard about this incident on the local evening news. WTF?? this guy is complete loser. He needs to be shot in the ankle then put away. What a POS!

**Dakota Valkyrie** · June 24th, 2008, 08:39 AM

I don't understand people who act like toddlers and throw tantrums in adult situations. Following the asshat's car, slamming on the brakes to cause the accident, getting the gun out and actually firing it, driving away after the fact.

These people belong on Jerry Springer. This type of thinking and behavior is foreign to me. I'd probably get shot if I wondered into the wrong area - doing what I think is normal would cause some sort of shithead to take offense.

**Wicked_Weotch** · June 24th, 2008, 08:47 AM

That slack jaw fucker! He needs to get shot in the nuts.

I can't wrap my mind around how these assholes can do this to their kids. No matter what I argue about with hubby, the thought NEVER enters my mind to do harm to our daughter. We say it all the time that she's the best fucking thing we EVER did. And then you have some stupid fuck who just to be a spiteful bitch shoots his kid!?

If he regrets having the kid..then he should've walked away. Retroactive abortions should only be available for the grownups (and I use that term veeeerrrrrryyyyy loosely) who decide, when it's too late, that they don't feel like being parents.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · September 10th, 2009, 09:30 AM

A judge in Travis County sentenced a 19-year-old man Wednesday to six years in prison for shooting his 1-year-old daughter in the foot last year.

Paul Estevan Rodriguez pleaded guilty in April to third-degree injury to a child, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He left his punishment to state District Judge Charlie Baird.

http://www.statesman.com/news/conten...10roundup.html