{"id":1172821,"date":"2021-12-30T14:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172821"},"modified":"2021-12-30T14:04:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:04:44","slug":"video-cops-identify-14-year-old-wanted-in-triple-murder-at-tx-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-cops-identify-14-year-old-wanted-in-triple-murder-at-tx-gas-station\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Cops Identify 14-Year-Old Wanted in Triple Murder at TX Gas Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-cops-identify-14-year-old-wanted-in-triple-murder-at-tx-gas-station%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Abel-Elias-Acosta-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Police in Garland, Texas, are asking for the public\u2019s help in locating the 14-year-old who allegedly opened fire at a convenience store on Sunday, killing three individuals and wounding another person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbel Elias Acosta is being sought by police after they said evidence was found that identified him as the gunman. He is facing charges of capital murder and a Directive to Apprehend has been issued for him,\u201d Fox 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/police-identify-14-year-old-wanted-for-triple-murder-at-garland-convenience-store\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MURDER SUSPECT IDENTIFIED: The court has authorized a Directive to Apprehend for 14YO Abel Elias Acosta, the shooter responsible for killing 3 &amp; wounding a 4th @ a convenience store on 12-26-21.  *photo obtained from social media* <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/STAe4kzuWs\">pic.twitter.com\/STAe4kzuWs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Garland Police PIO (@GarlandPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarlandPD\/status\/1476290624110354432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Authorities noted he is the son of Richard Acosta Jr., whom officers arrested once they identified him as the getaway driver of the truck seen on surveillance footage at the Texaco station located on Walnut Lane.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">33-yr-old Richard Acosta arrested in relation w\/ the triple murder. Acosta is believed to be the driver &amp; turned himself in at GPD yesterday. The truck has also been located. He is in the Garland Jail charged with Capital Murder, &amp; bond set at $1,000,000. Investigation is ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/THOzqZLUQ2\">pic.twitter.com\/THOzqZLUQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Garland Police PIO (@GarlandPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarlandPD\/status\/1475940166393020417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[Richard] voluntarily turned himself in two days ago,\u201d Garland PD Lt. Pedro Barineau told the outlet, adding, \u201cAnd when he turned himself in, we were and to locate and recover the truck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man also faces a murder charge, however, police did not state what role he might have played in planning what happened.<\/p>\n<div>In a social media post on Wednesday, the Garland Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GarlandPoliceDepartment\/posts\/259159179643164\">shared<\/a>&nbsp;more information about Abel Elias Acosta:<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GarlandPoliceDepartment\/posts\/259159179643164\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100066472519250\/posts\/259159179643164\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>**Press Release**Directive to Apprehend Obtained For Shooting Suspect in Triple MurderIssue Date: December 29,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GarlandPoliceDepartment\">Garland Police Department<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100066472519250\/posts\/259159179643164\/\">Wednesday, December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe original 14-year-old male that was taken into custody on December 27, and whose name is not being released, is not the shooter; however, he remains a person of interest in the investigation,\u201d the department explained.<br \/>Meanwhile, authorities have not disclosed details about what led officers to identify Abel as the alleged killer, but stated he was on the run while his father remained in jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is actively eluding arrest as of right now,\u201d Barineau told reporters. \u201cHe\u2019s still considered armed and he\u2019s still considered dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said official believed the incident was a \u201ctargeted, retaliatory attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three teenagers lost their lives during the shooting, according to Fox 4.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QVvi6ikIVeY\">showed<\/a> a young man wearing black shorts and a black baseball cap opening the door to the convenience store and appearing to shoot inside:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Citizens with information pertaining to the young man\u2019s location were asked to contact Garland police or call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Garland, Texas, are asking for the public\u2019s help in locating the 14-year-old who allegedly opened fire at a convenience store on Sunday, killing three individuals and wounding another &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}