San Antonio man fires BB gun, assault rifle in anger over end of Taco Bell's 99 cent burrito promo

[Amerigo Vespucci]

SAN ANTONIO — A Taco Bell customer enraged that the seven burritos he ordered had gone up in price fired a BB gun at an employee and later fired an assault rifle at officers before barricading himself in a motel room, police said.

As the restaurant's employees and customers hit the floor Sunday, the manager called police and, when officers arrived, the angry patron fired several shots at the police cars, San Antonio Police Sgt. Chris Benavides said.

The man then barricaded himself inside a nearby motel room, sparking a three-hour standoff that ended when police lobbed tear gas inside and the man surrendered.

No one was hurt in the incident.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42196027/ns/us_news-weird_news/

[Swede]

1. He really liked those burritos.

:shrug:

[DCKit]

2. Only in 'Murka. nt

[Blue Owl]

3. One step closer to Idiocracy

(Cue: Rupert Murdoch salivating, rubbing hands together in gleeful giddiness)

[hlthe2b]

4. Makes one wonder what was in his burritos....

Geebus

[Quixote1818]

5. At least he just wanted to stun the Taco Bell employee

I would be more inclined to shoot them with a BB gun because they use crappy meat and because after I eat there, gas sets in and the inside of the car become a Toxic Hell. :)

[Angry Dragon]

6. He should be eating real 'merican food

[Ilsa]

22. But Taco Bell IS American food. Real Mexican food is so much tastier! nt

[WatsonT]

33. Well except for the "real" part that does describe Taco Bell

[Lasher]

7. What? The 99 cent burrito promo is over???

[Vehl]

10. :))) nt

[Snoutport]

23. you need to calm down a little bit

and go get yourself a burrito

[Lasher]

46. If I ate seven of them I would endanger the ozone.

[TheOther95Percent]

54. I vote you best use ever of smilies

I'm cracking up.

[Lasher]

59. Why thank you.

Wasn't nothin' :blush:

Makes me feel good to know I managed to brighten somebody's day a little. Here is a link to my favorite smilie website: http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php?wahl=2&ziel=frech

I right click on the smilie I want, then hit properties, then copy the URL of the image(s) to paste into my message.

[DJ13]

8. So Taco Bell's next slogan will be "Make A Stand At The Border"?

[Lost Jaguar]

9. He's not gonna like...

...the burritos at the Graybar Hotel. Or his vato cell-mates.

[NYC Liberal]

11. "Would you like to try our EXTRA BIG ASS TACO? Now with more MOLECULES!"

[Initech]

38. Your children are placed in the protected custody of Carls Jr.

Carls Jr. Fuck you I'm eating. :rofl:

[Motown_Johnny]

12. seven burritos? Seven?

SEVEN?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

17. Seven.

:-)

[Motown_Johnny]

28. for one person?

Who was staying in a Motel room so odds are he didn't have a refrigerator or any other way to store some for later.


SEVEN?!?!?



I would say "Holy Shit" but any mention of excrement on this subject could take on a life of it's own.



Maybe the government Should pass some laws about what we can and can't eat.

[Snoutport]

48. maybe he had six friends coming over for dinner...but only had the $7.

we don't know this man's life! we got no right to judge!

[WatsonT]

20. How many?

[Aerows]

25. That leaped out at me, too

Don't get me wrong - I love my Taco Bell and have been known to put away more than one burrito at a sitting, but seven? I'd hate to go into a restroom after he was in it!

[Initech]

26. 100 tacos for $100

"Ah this should provide adequate sustenance for the Dr. Who marathon!"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

31. "Best...marathon...EVER."

:rofl:

:toast:

[Initech]

36. Oh loneliness and cheeseburgers are a dangerous mix!

:rofl:

[mikeytherat]

40. I've spent my entire life doing nothing but collecting comic books, and now there's only time to say

LIFE WELL SPENT!

mikey_the_rat

[Initech]

42. Hey come back! Those are prescription pants!

[mikeytherat]

45. That is a very rare "Mary Worth" in which she advised a friend to commit suicide.

mikey_the_rat

[Initech]

53. I sure could go for 100 tacos right about now.

[Arkana]

57. Did this in college with two friends.

We thought we were going to die afterwards.

[tkmorris]

13. "police lobbed tear gas inside"

If the gentleman in question was truly in the habit of eating Taco Bell burritos I would imagine he was immune to this tactic.

[Urban Prairie]

34. lol!!

[MedicalAdmin]

47. Did they lob in tear gas or did he break wind?

Same result, no?

[Chorophyll]

14. Whew. Good thing he was armed.

:eyes:

[quinnox]

15. His priorities are 'interesting'

[xchrom]

16. I'm sure that some how this makes sense. Nt

[Modern_Matthew]

18. Reminds me of that excellent scene on Falling Down. nt

[Initech]

21. Now look at this sorry miserable squashed thing. Anyone see a problem with this?

:rofl:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

32. Why am I calling you by your first names?

I don't even know you. I still call my boss "Mister", and I've been working for him for seven years, but all of a sudden I walk in here and I'm calling you Rick and Sheila like we're in some kind of AA meeting... I don't want to be your buddy, Rick. I just want some breakfast.

Sheila: You can call me Miss Folsom if you want.

:rofl:

[Initech]

35. I changed my mind... I think I will have some lunch.

:rofl:

[Modern_Matthew]

44. Rofl. It seemed Sheila was amused that her boss was so frightened. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

62. That movie is Black Comedy Gold. nt

[WatsonT]

19. If you live in Texas there is no excuse for going to Taco Bell

other than it was 4 in the morning and everywhere else was closed.

[Aerows]

27. Especially San Antonio!

They have great Mexican restaurants on every corner.

[Lasher]

50. San Antonio, one my favorite places I've been.

And I've been to a lot of places.

[WolverineDG]

52. I was just about to say that nt

[LanternWaste]

64. When I lived in the Yucatan, my American friends and I

When I lived in the Yucatan, my American friends and I would jones for a burrito supreme quite often. Different strokes, variety is the spice, and all that I suppose.

[nichomachus]

24. Just more proof that everyone owning guns will make us all safer

[14thColony]

29. Guess he should have ran for the border...nt

[quinnox]

30. that was too easy!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

37. The store manager said the "weird thing" was he was in a week before and yelled at him then too

Bless his heart. If that was the weird thing I hate to imagine just what's normal at his job. :shrug:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/The-Beefy-Crunch-Burrito-incident-1226571.php

[Ikonoklast]

39. Oh come on now, who here hasn't done that?

Can this even be called 'news'?

Doesn't everyone resort to violence over seven burritos?





No, not like that, that's disgusting.

Not AFTER eating them, I meant before.

[ecstatic]

41. Food addiction can be just as dangerous as any other

addiction.

[Urban Prairie]

43. Its a real mystery, IMO, that this nutjob somehow avoided earning a Darwin award long ago n/t

[Taitertots]

49. The author of this is intentionally misleading you

Why would anyone listen to someone who is intentionally lying to them?

The suspect was not using an assault rifle. That would be a serious federal crime and would certainly be included in the charges.

[dogday]

51. I used to live in SA and they take their tacos seriously there.

Not that seriously though that they would use a gun. :shrug:



When MaMa's Cafe quit making puffed tacos, everyone I knew was pissed off.... :hi:

[Arkana]

55. Now that's a guy who loves his burritos.

[MilesColtrane]

56. I heard that that is what started this whole thing going on in North Africa and the Middle East.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

58. The higher they climb, the harder they fall...

...it's like gathering the provisions, hiring the sherpas, suiting up for the climb to the top of Mt. Everest, only to get to the top and find that the 99 cent burritos are like Amelia Earhart...vanished into some distant cloud formation.

That's what some like to call a transforming experience, one that not only changes our world forever, but also the ability of some to continue functioning in it...

:rofl:

:toast:

[stuntcat]

60. Only in 'Murka x 2

.

[MyrnaLoy]

61. HOW DARE YOU

CALL IT AN ASSAULT RIFLE!!!

I just wanted to say it before the gun forum saw the post. They hate the term assault rifle, lol

[Johonny]

63. The man never did get his burritos.

who says journalism is dead. Last line in the article, says all I wanted to know.