A 29-year-old man in Texas has been arrested for allegedly taking a break from his dinner date at a Houston restaurant to kill a man who had just scammed him out of $40. Erick Lee Aguirre was arrested last week and charged with one count of murder for fatally shooting 46-year-old Elliot Nix earlier this month, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, a witness at about 7:56 p.m. on April 11 was driving on Charles Street when he saw a man lying on his back with his body in the right lane and his head resting on the curb. The witness said the victim, later identified as Nix, was still conscious and he could hear the man say, “They shot me.”