Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc was shot to death during a robbery (PHOTOS)

• Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc, an immigrant from Guatemala, was shot to death during a robbery.
• The victim was drinking alcohol in a park when an African American man shot him down.
• The Houston Police Department in Texas is already investigating the brutal murder of the immigrant.

Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc was shot and killed in Texas allegedly by an African-American man who attacked him to rob him. The Homicide Division of the Houston Police Department (HPD) is already investigating the crime against Tiul Choc and in which his younger brother was also badly injured.

The report of the agents of the HPD Homicide Division, consulted by MundoHispánico in Texas, accounts for gunshot murder against Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc who was chatting with his brother in a park late at night after his workday.

Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc is shot dead during a robbery

According to the agents of the HPD Homicide Division just after midnight and 12:25 in the morning of last Friday, October 1, 2021, the Guatemalan immigrant Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc, 46, was drinking alcohol along with his brother Otto Leonel Tiul Choc, 28 years old.

Otto Leonel Tiul Choc and his brother Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc were at Pitner Pocket Park, 8650 Pitner Road, in the Spring Branch neighborhood in the northwest of the Houston metropolitan area when an African-American man approached the two Guatemalan immigrants and demanded their money and belongings.

The Tiul Choc brothers try to escape the robbery

The brothers Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc and Otto Leonel Tiul Choc were surprised and tried to escape the armed robbery. However, the African-American man who attacked them upon seeing the reaction of the two Tiul Choc brothers fired several shots from his weapon at the two brothers.

As of this writing, it is not clear if the thief who attacked Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc and Otto Leonel Tiul Choc managed to take their belongings from them. The two brothers were badly injured in the park while their attacker escaped in a dark car of which the authorities do not know more details.

Gunshot noise alerts neighbors

In the area where the two brothers were attacked there are several apartment complexes, most of them occupied by Hispanic immigrants, and the sound of gunshots alerted neighbors who came out to see what happened with the shooting. The case documents do not specify who called the emergency number to report the crime.

The first HPD patrolmen to arrive at the crime scene found Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc already shot dead in the park. However, his brother Otto Leonel Tiul Choc was still alive and the policemen requested the presence of the paramedics of the Houston Fire Department (HFD).

Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc fell dead in the park

Otto Leonel Tiul Choc was transported by HFD paramedics to a hospital and where, according to authorities, the man still continues until the time of writing this story. His health remains in critical condition as he was shot in the back.

When the murder of the immigrant Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc was confirmed, agents from the HPD Homicide Division appeared at the crime scene to coordinate investigations into the case. However, so far the detectives have no clues to the identity or whereabouts of the alleged murderer of the Guatemalan immigrants.

Who attacked the Tiul Choc brothers?

Now the HPD Homicide Division asks the immigrant community in Texas that if anyone has any reliable clues about the identity of the murderer of Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc, contact his office at 713.308.3600 or the non-profit organization Houston Crime Stoppers at 713.308.8477. All tracks will be kept anonymous.

The agents of the HPD Homicide Division are trying to recover the images from the security cameras of the houses and businesses near the park where Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc died to see if there are sharp images in any of those videos that allow them Identify the alleged murderer of the Guatemalan immigrant.

One more victim of gun violence

The murder of the immigrant Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc is one more link in the violence with pistols. The non-profit organization National Archive of Gun Violence, which fights to raise awareness about the dangers of the free sale of firearms, reports that 33,780 people have died so far this year.

As of Sunday, October 3, 2o21 of those people who have been shot dead in the United States, a total of 15,564 were murdered and 18,216 committed suicide. 31,059 have been injured. The country already experienced 535 mass shootings in the first half of the year, where several people died in the same event.

In Texas, the free carrying of weapons is already legal

Texas woke up on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 with a new law on carrying weapons. As of this day, by a law approved the State Congress, It is legal to carry a firearm, rifle or pistol, in plain sight and without having received training to use it and without permission, despite incidents such as the murder of Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc.

Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, signed the new law that he called a «constitutional right» to carry weapons such as rifles, shotguns and pistols of any caliber in practically any public place. By signing his signature on the new law, the governor said he signed the «documents that instill freedom in the Lone Star State.»

A controversial law passed in the Texas Congress

The Reform of Law 1927, legal name of the new arms law in Texas, was voted in the State Congress in May 2021 and was approved with a round of 86 in favor and 62 with 2 abstentions, part of the 150 congressmen. Governor Abbot signed the law, which was his proposal, last June to make it effective until September 1.

However, some law enforcement agencies in Texas have publicly and privately criticized the decision to pass a law that according to many police officers exposes them in the first place to the dangers of firearms in the hands of people who do not they know how to handle them properly and, secondly, to the citizens.

Texas gun law restrictions

The only people who cannot carry a gun in Texas in public places are those with a criminal record. However, misdemeanors such as driving under the influence (DWI) do not affect the possession and possession of firearms.

A detailed reading of the new gun law in Texas reveals that it will no longer even be necessary for a person to have their fingerprints taken when purchasing a pistol or rifle. Only those who are on the list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will not be able to obtain or carry a weapon.

Many cops are concerned about the gun law

It is no longer mandatory for a person to take a gun handling course before purchasing it as it was mandatory until Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Now it is only recommended to take a free online course offered by the Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS).

However, Ray Hunt director of the Union of Houston Police Officers He assured that precisely the problem of the new gun law in Texas can have serious consequences for the agents of the different corporations since it will be more difficult for them in their daily work to know if someone who carries a gun is legally capable of doing so. Dimas Gabriel Tiul Choc was shot to death during a robbery (PHOTOS).

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