Good Samaritan Killed Saving Teen Is Called A Hero

HOUSTON, TX -- A 29-year-old man who was gunned down Friday night while trying to stop two teens from robbing a 16-year-old boy is being called a hero.

Moyses Arreguin was outside his home in the 19000 block of West Hardy Road about 11 p.m. when he heard 16-year-old Sergio Bruno screaming as two other teens approached him.

A witness said Arreguin could see that the two men had guns as he grabbed a baseball bat and went after them. Arreguin hit one of the men and was shot in the back three times during the fight.

“For me, as a sheriff, this is something that upsets me very much,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said during a press conference on Monday.

Investigators released home video surveillance that showed a young Hispanic male, believed to be between 17-19 years old, wearing gray sweatpants and a white tank top, get out of the back seat of a dark-colored four-door sedan and walk towards Bruno as he sat on the tailgate of a pickup in his driveway.

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A second teen, who is also Hispanic, got out of the back seat of the car and followed the first teen toward Bruno.

Arreguin can be seen coming after the two men with the bat before shots rang out, leaving the father of two small children dead in his neighbor's driveway.

“This was not some criminal on criminal crime,” said Detective John Black. “This was a young juvenile male on his own property, minding his own business.”

Black said when Arreguin saw the men with the guns, he acted selflessly, calling him a hero.

The family has started a GoFundMe Page to raise money for funeral expenses.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.

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