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Jesse Granado is charged with the shooting murder of David Cortinas

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  • Jesse Granado was arrested in Texas accused of having shot and killed David Cortinas.
  • Granado shot Cortinas in the face because «something» had broken.
  • In the crime house the police found drugs, ammunition, weapons and knives.

Jesse Granado was arrested in Texas accused of having shot and killed David Cortina, after an argument that sparked because «something» had broken. Agents of the Homicide Division of the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) captured and charged Jesse Granado with the shooting homicide, after several days of investigations in Texas.

The 49-year-old detainee Jesse Granado is already sleeping in the Bexar County in San Antonio accused of the murder charge and which, according to the Texas State Penal Code, is punished with a sentence of 20 to 99 years in prison to whoever pleads guilty after facing trial.

Jesse Granado is accused of the murder of David Cortinas

Jesse Granado is accused of the murder of David Cortinas
Jesse Granado is arrested and charged with a homicide that has a confusing motive, since it is only known that he acted because «something» broke. (PHOTO: San Antonio Police Department)

According to the arrest warrant against Jesse Granado, consulted by MundoHispánico In Texas, last Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 6:00 in the afternoon, the SAPD emergency number received a call from a person, who reported an “active in progress” shooting in their neighborhood.

Several SAPD patrolmen went to a house located at 900 San Patricio Street, almost on the corner of South Chupaderas Street, in the west of the San Antonio metropolitan area, where they reported the scene of the shooting. Outside the house, agents found a dead man with a trail of blood from the back of the house.

A witness recounted details of the case against Jesse Granado

A witness recounted details of the case against Jesse Granado
David Cortinas was a single father of two daughters and died of at least one bullet in the face. (PHOTO: Special for MundoHispánico)

When the SAPD agents with their weapons at the ready reached the backyard of the house, they found a person at the scene and told them that he had just witnessed the entire crime. According to the witness, who said he had seen the crime, the injured man was David Cortinas and he had just had an argument with another Hispanic named Jesse Granado.

According to the witness, the confrontation broke out behind the house because “something” had broken and Jesse Granado blamed David Cortinas for that. At one point it was heard that «something thundered» and that was when the deceased today began to bleed profusely from his face. Meanwhile, Granado escaped from the crime scene, Cortinas went out to the street to ask for help.

Who is the owner of the crime house?

Who is the owner of the crime house?
PHOTO: Taken from Facebook

After being shot, David Cortinas tried to seek help, but fainted. The documents of the case do not detail who is the owner, or who rents, that address where the events occurred. The details of the property in that house are essential to define responsibilities in something that the authorities discovered.

Upon reviewing the body of the wounded man, later identified as David Cortinas, 39, the agents determined that the man had already died of at least one gunshot to the face. Then the patrolmen who arrived at the crime scene requested the presence of the agents of the Homicide Division of the SAPD to carry out the investigation of the case.

They find weapons, drugs, ammunition and knives

They find weapons, drugs, ammunition and knives
PHOTO: Taken from Facebook

One of the agents of the SAPD Homicide Division asked a Bexar County judge for a search warrant, to be able to enter the house outside of which Jesse Granado had shot David Cortinas. The name of the witness will not be released in this story to protect his identity.

The agents of the SAPD Homicide Division found inside the house several weapons and ammunition for each pistol and rifle, drugs of various types, although they did not reveal the amount or what drugs, and several knives. Some of the ammunition matched the caliber with which Jesse Granado had allegedly killed David Cortinas.

What relationship did Jesse Granado and David Cortinas have?

What relationship did Jesse Granado and David Cortinas have?
PHOTO: Taken from Facebook

Based on all the evidence and the testimony of the person who saw the crime, the agents of the Homicide Division of the SAPD issued an arrest warrant against Jesse Granado for being the alleged murderer of David Cortinas. The only thing that is not established in the documents was what is that «something» that was re-broken, that caused so much anger in the murderer.

The case documents also do not detail the nature of the relationship Jesse Granado had with David Cortinas and the other man who witnessed the crime. A detail that remains open in the investigation for the SAPD detectives is to know who owned the weapons, drugs, knives and why that person had all that.

Jesse Granado arrested without incident

Jesse Granado arrested without incident
PHOTO: Taken from Facebook

Thanks to confidential information, the agents of the SAPD Homicide Division were able to find out the whereabouts of the alleged murderer Jesse Granado and detained him last Friday, October 8, 2021 without incident, accused of the death of Cortinas. Since that day, he has been in jail waiting to face the first hearing of the case.

David Fasci, it is not detailed what his relationship was with the victim of the murder perpetrated by Jesse Granado, he opened the account Funeral Fund (Funeral Fund) in the social network of economic support Go Fund Me, to ask for solidarity for the family of David Cortinas so that they can bear the expenses of his funeral and burial.

«He was a double person, a dedicated father»

"He was a double person, a dedicated father"
David Cortinas’ friends have opened a collection on the Go Fund Me social network so that his family can pay for his funeral and burial expenses. (PHOTO: Special for MundoHispánico)

“On behalf of the Cortinas family, I invite you to consider a donation to the David Cortinas funeral fund. David was tragically taken from us on September 28… he was a lovable person, a dedicated father and had a childlike soul. He was a single father of two children who were the center of his world ”, wrote David Fasci to ask for financial solidarity.

David Fasci urged the Hispanic community “Any amount in the donation would help ease the burden that remains on the family. Thank you and God bless you ”, the man closed his message when he asked for help for the relatives of David Cortinas and who is scheduled to be buried in San Antonio Burial Park next Friday, October 15.

David Cortinas, one more victim of firearms

David Cortinas, one more victim of firearms
PHOTO: Taken from Facebook

The murder of the Hispanic David Cortinas allegedly at the hands of Jesse Granado is just one more link in the violence with guns. The non-profit organization National Archive of Gun Violence reports that so far this year 34,675 people have already been shot dead.

As of Sunday, October 10, 2o21 of those people who have been shot dead in the United States, a total of 15,997 were murdered and 18,678 committed suicide. 31,969 have been injured. The country already experienced 554 mass shootings in the first half of the year, where several people died in the same event.

In Texas it is now free to carry weapons in public

In Texas it is now free to carry weapons in public
PHOTO: Taken from Facebook

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, exposed and without having received training to use it and without permission, despite incidents such as the case against Jesse Granado.

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 with many opponents

A controversial law with many opponents
PHOTO: Taken from Facebook

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, the citizens.

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