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The individual was standing next to the curb outside a fire station being used as a polling station when "a suspect in a red pickup truck fired one round," police told NBC News.
Victim Jose Sanchez was transported to McAllen Medical Center, where his injuries are considered non-life threatening, Police Chief Juan Gonzalez told The Monitor newspaper of McAllen, Texas.
San Juan Police could not immediately say whether the shooter intentionally targeted the victim, the constable candidate he represented or fired at random.
Sanchez was holding a sign for Hector "JoJo" Mendez, whose opponent is in the race is Martin "Marty" Cantu, witnesses told The Monitor.
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Mendez told the newspaper that Sanchez was a paid campaign worker he did not know very well.
Voting continued at the station with extra security officers on site at the Raul Longoria Road station. Gonzalez, the police chief, said he wants to "make sure no one is afraid to go and vote."
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Conspiracy theory time: I wonder if there will be an increase in this type of behavior as the time grows nearer to getting rid of dear leader. Motivating the OWS crowd and their various factions to pull next level stunts such as this in order to lay the foundation for declaration of martial law and suspension of the general election.
Breathe
No concrete facts here before you all tear me up, only speculation.
Hence the disclaimer :conspiracy theory.
Republican: It was a wetback shooting at a citizen who supports a candidate who avows a secured border and deportation of all leeching wetbacks.
Democrat: It was a racist republitard shooting at a wetback who supports a pro-wetback candidate who supports the rights of all wetbacks, especially those that plant, harvest, cook, and clean our homes for two dollars an hour.
The stupidcrats are at it again. I didn't see in the story where the shooter was a republican.
the texas strain of republican is armed pond scum on steroids.....you have doubt?
There's one way to get rid of the wetbacks. Send them up and out to Bush's ranch up at Caldwell, TX.
ah....back to the old west style
Both candidates are DEMOCRATS....
Nice try pinning this on Republicans.
we're talkin bout the shooter, you dumass
dumass....why would a Repubican shoot a campaign worker at democrat primary? Had this been the general election, then you might have a point....
At this point, there's more of chance Eric Holder gave the shooter his gun than the shooter being GOP.
Didn't notice any specific identification as to party affiliations. Perhaps some of the posters have not fully awakened yet. Republican, Democrat, right, left -- what does it matter? (Those who have been brainwashed into thinking all the hatred comes from the right have not examined the left and their tactics.) Oh well. So much for an informed voting public.
yes, racism exists everywhere, it's just that it's not an institutionalized vote getter or a overt selling point as in the republican party platform.