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<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2626;font-size:14px"><strong>Family Dollar clerk <strong>Antonio Batres</strong> is charged with murder after emptying entire clip into the back of a man who allegedly shoplifted motor oil on Easter Sunday </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2626;font-size:14px"><strong>Video shot by a store customer shows store employee Batres, 21, firing six shots into the back of Troy Odom outside the Houston area store</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2626;font-size:14px"><strong>Odom, 49, was pronounced dead at an area hospital shortly after the April 17 shooting </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2626;font-size:14px"><strong>Just before Batres emptied the clip of his pistol, he and another employee can be seen confronting Odom with dropped bottles of motor oil littering the ground </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2626;font-size:14px"><strong>The camera picks up the alleged shoplifter walking out of the store when Batres follows, aims, take a wide stance and start firing</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#2e2626;font-size:14px"><strong>Odom collapses out of view, and can be heard shrieking as six shots ring out </strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Antonio-Batres-left-gun-in-hand-stalks-and-shoots-Troy-Odom-right-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-406213" width="839" height="839"/><figcaption><strong>Family Dollar worker fatally shoots shoplifter in the back: Store employee Antonio Batres, [left] gun in hand following Troy Odom, [right], then begins firing his Glock 9mm pistol into the victim&#8217;s back on Easter. He was arrested at the scene and <strong>held on $75,000 bail</strong></strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Recently employed store staff, Antonio Batres, 21, has been charged with murder after he emptied the clip of his Glock 9mm pistol into 49-year-old Troy Odom around 4.30 pm on Easter Sunday, April 17 as shoppers looked on. ; ;<br>A video clip shows the moment the Houston Family Dollar employee killed a shoplifter, firing six shots into his back as he fled the store with motor oil. ;<br>In video taken by a shopper, two store employees are seen confronting Odom &#8211; one of the men can be heard shouting unintelligibly, with bottles of motor oil strewn on the ground. ;</p>



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</div><figcaption><strong>Family Dollar clerk Antonio Batres, was caught by a customer&#8217;s camera shooting dead Troy Odom, on April 17 as Odom fled the Houston store with stolen motor oil</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>&#8216;He had that all in his pants,&#8217; says the woman filming the video. <br>&#8216;He had a lot of fuel.&#8217; <br>&#8216;He need to chill out,&#8217; the woman says as the shoplifter leaves the store, the two employees following him. It is unclear if he had motor oil or any other merchandise with him.<br>Batres can be seen aiming, taking a wide stance and firing. Odom collapses out of view, and can be heard shrieking as six shots ring out. ;<br>Houston police who arrested Batres at the scene stated in a press release that &#8216;Further investigation determined the victim had his back toward Batres, who then pulled out a pistol and shot the victim several times,&#8217; the HPD release said. ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Antonio-Batres-left-and-Troy-Odom-right-1.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Antonio-Batres-left-and-Troy-Odom-right-1.jpg" width="848" height="584"/><figcaption><strong>Family Dollar clerk Antonio Batres, [left] faces a murder charge after he shot dead Troy Odom, [right], in the back and killed the 49-year-old on April 17, as Odom fled the Houston store with stolen motor oil</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Odom was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The All People&#8217;s Funeral Home in Houston confirmed that his funeral services were scheduled for Tuesday. ;<br>His brother, Darrell Odom, acknowledged that his brother &#8216;had his struggles in life, but was a good man.&#8217; <br>&#8216;I am so p***** right now,&#8217; he said on Tuesday. <br>&#8216;I can&#8217;t stop crying. I couldn&#8217;t go to the funeral.&#8217;<br>&#8216;I failed him because I promised my mom I would watch over him&#8230; I only hope she forgives me. I hope [Batres] gets the death penalty.&#8217; <br>&#8216;I am also looking to sue Family Dollar because my [little] brother didn&#8217;t have to die that way.&#8217; </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Dollar-Store-at-7545-Martin-Luther-King-Boulevard-South-Houston-TX-2-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-406217"/><figcaption><strong>Shooting happened at the Dollar Store [photo] located at 7545 Martin Luther King Boulevard in South Houston part-time for two or three months before the shooting</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Batres who had worked at the 7545 Martin Luther King Boulevard store in South Houston part-time for two or three months, was taken into custody at the scene, according to the Houston Police Department. His bail was set at $75,000 and he remained in jail as of Tuesday morning, the ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-Family-Dollar-clerk-charged-with-murder-17091327.php#photo-22351692" target="_blank">Houston Chronicle</a>, ;reports.<br>So far, police have not revealed if Batres was licensed to carry the weapon.<br>Less than a month earlier, on March 30, another shooting took place at a different Family Dollar location on Collingsworth Street in Houston &#8211; this time, a store clerk was shot in an armed robbery. ;<br>That victim, who was not named by police, survived the shooting with non-life threatening injuries. Two other employees and customers were inside the store at the time. ;</p>

Houston area Family Dollar clerk, Antonio Batres, 21, is charged with murder after emptying entire clip into the back of a 49-year-old man leaving store, after he’s accused of shoplifting motor oil
