‘Tragic Case of Mistaken Identity’: Texas Family Charged After Cornering, Chasing Down, and Repeatedly Shooting Black Man They Believed Was a Vandal
A family of four is facing murder charges after they killed a neighbor in what authorities are calling a “tragic case of mistaken identity,” ABC13 in Texas reported.
Nineteen-year-old Joe Argueta, along with his mother and father, 39-year-old Florinda Argueta and 45-year-old Luis Argueta, plus his uncle, 29-year-old Margarito Alcantar, were all charged with the murder of Eddie Clark III, a 29-year-old Black man from Katy, Texas.
This altercation reportedly took place Monday night on May 17, when Clark was cornered, chased down, and shot to death around the corner from his home in the Westminster Landing subdivision of the Houston suburb. The victim was said to have been driving home at the time of the incident. When authorities on the scene around 11:30 p.m., they found Clark’s car crashed into a tree on a neighbor’s