{"id":2414308,"date":"2025-03-21T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nightmare-grandpa-killed-getting-happy-meals-for-kids-had-heartbreaking-call-with-wife-during-final-moments\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:20:00","slug":"nightmare-grandpa-killed-getting-happy-meals-for-kids-had-heartbreaking-call-with-wife-during-final-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nightmare-grandpa-killed-getting-happy-meals-for-kids-had-heartbreaking-call-with-wife-during-final-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightmare: Grandpa Killed Getting Happy Meals for Kids Had Heartbreaking Call with Wife During Final Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fnightmare-grandpa-killed-getting-happy-meals-for-kids-had-heartbreaking-call-with-wife-during-final-moments%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=2414308&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--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A man who lived for his grandchildren died after his final attempt to please them put him in a deadly crossfire.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Arbaiza, 61, was shot to death Saturday inside a McDonald&rsquo;s in Katy, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SheriffEd_HCSO\/status\/1901418917622645113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a> that &ldquo;two groups of possible teenagers were involved in a disturbance that resulted in gunfire.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Arbaiza had gone into the restaurant to pick up Happy Meals for his grandchildren as his wife of almost 40 years waited in the car with them, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/katy-texas-mcdonalds-shooting-arrest\/285-ec32fe11-5c51-4838-87fa-32f38d8b1a97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KHOU-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Teresa Arbaiza said she heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-gunman-dead-shooting-california-religious-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gunshots<\/a> after seeing a man with a gun in the rearview mirror of the car.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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She used her phone to find out if he was OK and heard his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oklahoma-killers-chilling-last-words-revealed-executed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final words<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;I&rsquo;m dying, I&rsquo;m going to die,&#8217;&rdquo; was all he could say after being shot five times in a crossfire.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t leave the kids alone &mdash; I could not go inside &mdash; the kids were crying, and they were scared,&rdquo; she said in Spanish. Arbaiza was flown to a nearby hospital, but doctors could not save him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m dying,&rdquo; recalls Teresa Arbaiza after speaking to her husband.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&rsquo;s office said Jorge was caught inbetween two groups at the McDonald&rsquo;s on West Little York.<\/p>\n<p>Teresa called her husband after seeing everyone running out.<\/p>\n<p>He answered. Their last talk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KPRC2?\">@KPRC2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CvmgsyjBn6\">pic.twitter.com\/CvmgsyjBn6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rilwan Balogun (@KPRC2Rilwan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KPRC2Rilwan\/status\/1901673740573757576?\">March 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was crazy for his grandkids,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All I want is justice,&rdquo; &nbsp;Zoila Garcia, Arbaiza&rsquo;s sister-in-law said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/19\/us-news\/grandpa-buying-his-grandkids-happy-meals-killed-in-shootout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>. &ldquo;So they can grab them and they can pay for what they did. It&rsquo;s so unjust.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our family has been devastated and changed forever. Jorge Rolando Arbaiza was an exceptional husband, father, brother, and grandfather,&rdquo; the family said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-jorge-arbaizas-family-after-tragic-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a> appeal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are no words that can do our father justice, and anyone that had the pleasure of meeting him understands why. He was larger than life, devoted everything to his family, and always made sure that his loved ones had everything they needed,&rdquo; the post said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Antoine Ridge has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Jorge Arbaiza. The victim was caught in the crossfire of a shootout inside a Katy McDonald&rsquo;s where he&rsquo;d stopped to get Happy Meals for his grandkids.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheriffEd_HCSO?\">@SheriffEd_HCSO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMilesKHOU?\">@JMilesKHOU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qj06pazXaH\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qj06pazXaH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oSaNsIK7W9\">pic.twitter.com\/oSaNsIK7W9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHOU\/status\/1902862228237255007?\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> Police have since arrested Antoine Ridge, 24, who is charged with murder, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said, according to KHOU.<\/p>\n<p>Police are still searching for others involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspect-run-deadly-mass-shooting-warehouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ridge has a pending warrant for an aggravated assault charge in which he is accused of displaying a firearm during a dispute with someone he was dating, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/03\/21\/man-charged-with-killing-grandfather-buying-happy-meals-at-west-harris-county-mcdonalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KPRC-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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