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Attack of the Robot
LUBBOCK, TX (WKRC/KCBD/CNN Newsource) — A suspect was shot with a gun, wrapped in a sheet, and then run over by a bomb defusal robot. Or the robot from the Short Circuit (1986) Number 5. If you haven’t seen the movie. Check your streaming service.
Anyway, Felix Delarosa, 39, was granted parole in April 2022 after being found guilty in 2017 of producing and distributing a banned narcotic, for which he was given a 20-year jail sentence.
The Texas Anti-Gang unit officers tried to contact Delarosa after finding out he was lodging at a Days Inn in Lubbock. Delarosa was discovered, but he promptly locked himself in his room. When the police heard a gunshot, they decided to contact the SWAT squad of the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office.
Negotiators stated that despite their repeated attempts to get in contact with Delarosa, the suspect kept firing rounds.
A sheriff’s office sniper reportedly managed to hit Delarosa with a non-lethal shot in reprisal, according to the authorities.
Delarosa was seen on KCBD footage leaning out the hotel window, talking on the phone, and waving a Bible at the cops as they came through the door.
If he shows a bible at the cops, don’t shoot!
At last, it was enough. The SWAT squad utilized the Lubbock Regional Bomb Squad Robot to capture…
