Garland Convenience Store Shooting: Accused shooter’s father found guilty, sentenced to life in pris

A Dallas County jury found Richard Acosta guilty of capital murder in the shooting death of three teenagers at a convenience store in Garland, even though he didn’t fire a shot. www.fox4news.c...
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[@arnulfo267]

Abel Acosta needs to be put on the FBI ten most wanted list. Once the FBI gets involved, he's toast.

[@CaucasiansSuck]

Not true. The FBI don't solve every crime.

[@krew7687]

Doesn’t have to be, he’s a murderer, Mexico is looking for him, I can guarantee you that, once they find him they will extradite him , guaranteed

[@ccss8616]

lol no one gonna catch lil homie and i will put money on that 😂😂😂😂

[@arnulfo267]

@@ccss8616 If the FBI was able to catch Osama Bin Laden and Yaser Said, I'm sure they'll be able to capture this kid.

[@krew7687]

@@ccss8616 lmao, you sure about that, I don’t think you know what happens to people that commit a capital murder and try to run to Mexico, there has been many people extradited back over here for the same thing, he’s nothing special

[@mutinous1000]

The best part about this is that Abel Acosta (wherever he is) is watching this, and it is tearing him up!

[@allenleigh5201]

👍

[@RManFlint]

I doubt he gives a s***. He was raised to be a gutless punk with no regard for anyone. Why would he care about his POS dad going to prison for the rest of his worthless life?

[@coldslugger8219]

I doubt it he don’t care

[@arnulfo267]

I doubt Abel cares. Abel seems like someone who has never been taught any love or compassion.

[@marius666]

He don't care lol. His father took the fall.

[@colinhaynes6048]

Breaks my heart. What kind of a man drives his kid to murder other peoples kids…?!. This is wrong on every level. He deserved exactly what he got.

[@carloscruz7317]

that was not proven in court. it was a theory with zero evidence to back it up.

[@michaelpoyntz774]

Yup!

[@anthon33]

Absolutely ,!!!

[@myview5840]

Gang bangers son n father, pure scum.

[@carloscruz7317]

@@myview5840 yup only son father is not a gang member. it wasn't suggested once by prosecutor on the stand.

[@JackTheSkunk]

If the son is sentenced to death Daddy should be forced to watch the execution.

[@ccss8616]

shut up lol that is a kid bro how would your parents liked it if i smacked you in front of them 😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@kenshaw3660]

The son will not get sentenced to death because of his age at the time of the crime. I know the father would have never turned himself in had he known he would be found guilty of killing these kids.

[@HiFi5280]

Although it's only wishful thinking I agree with you.

[@cailanmurray4430]

@@kenshaw3660 likely but 3 dead victims and 4 injured this kid should be put underground there is no reform for people like this he fully equipped gun shows his intentions especially in Texas they should be pushing for the death penalty.

[@thefranchize3445]

Sicko

[@oakcliff6282]

Lol the hair and glasses didn't work homie

[@mr.erikchun5863]

He even grew out his pubic hair

[@jorgeguerrero8578]

@@mr.erikchun5863 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@xiaoka]

Looks like George Santos.

[@sbl9467]

Instead of teaching his son to be a successful man he encouraged him to kill...and eventually serve life in prison as well. Amazing dad. Just awesome. He's where he should be now....FOREVER

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

single mothers raise shoplifters and cowards, and single fathers raise machismo filled cowards who use violence to solve everything.. I keep thinking of papa sitting in the truck with his shirtless son, "your getting big eh, look at those muscles, keep your shirt off".he's a gun, us Acosta's don't lay down for anyone. this will be a book and a movie.

[@mauricioduran656]

No, now our tax dollars have to keep him alive.

[@SweetLadiiM]

He'll have some company real soon, you can run but you can't hide forever. Eventually they'll find you,$10.000 his own family will turn him in, lol 😆😆😆

[@terrancesmith4352]

@@SweetLadiiM you sound crazy

[@phyllis9750]

You can't teach something you have NO idea of. He was scum, and he taught his son to be scum.

[@jccj8201]

He got what was coming to him. His family is just as evil. ⛓️🧟⛓️

[@troyb.4101]

Just as responsible also.

[@alextogo8367]

Who knows. That's just going to conclusions.

[@agentcodybanx8909]

That's not fair, we don't know his mother. I don't remember any instance of her being brought up. These 2 are evil to the core though

[@troyb.4101]

@@agentcodybanx8909 Did you not notice how the daughter ran out of the court room after hearing the life sentence. That tells me the whole family supported this . Acosta's are now targets. No tags no bag limits.

[@agentcodybanx8909]

@@troyb.4101 oh the keyboard warrior has spoken

[@tinagillis831]

All family members hiding him needs to stand trial also

[@dannyroybal7394]

R.I.P. To The Young Men And Prayers To All Family And Friends

[@seanahmed9079]

GOOD!!! That booking photo of his grinning ear to ear.....bet he's not doin that any time soon!!! Now let's get that son of his!!!

[@amandal5545]

Agree. That made me so sick seeing his stupid smug expression. Low lifes!

[@ccss8616]

ima break him out 🤝

[@IFearWork]

If Mexican authorities put the effort to find him 🤷🏽

[@seanahmed9079]

@@IFearWork The family should just hire a hitman!!

[@LOVESUSCONSTITUTION]

This father who helped his son murder three people, is the most horrible example of fatherhood.

[@brainryda]

This kid is in Mexico garanteed

[@EarlGray007]

Where did that smile go? 😃 ⚖

[@redtaylor4936]

So he heard the shooting and ducked down,but when you heard it,you didn't look to see where your son was and if he's ok?

[@jameselliott216]

Full of lies and 🦬💩

[@DOWNBAD_Tay]

He couldnt come up with a good story because his truck in front of the store he dumb

[@placesandspaces3489]

Bet that smirk got wiped off his face. He knew what was going on.

[@JamesSmith-gn9ou]

Mexico.

[@DCBJ2011]

I bet Canada. Everyone’s thinking Mexico

[@KingoftheJungle214]

@@DCBJ2011 lmao he’s not in Canada

[@DCBJ2011]

@@KingoftheJungle214 Idk man… There’s a chance

[@jesselopez8731]

Central America

[@JamesSmith-gn9ou]

@@jesselopez8731 Why Central America and not Mexico?

[@lilyrose7082]

With cameras literally everywhere, how do you think you can get away with murdering people on video in a well lit gas station?? His father sat in that truck and watched his son kill those boys! 😮 I’m so tired 😴 of this. 😢

[@boss-ih6uk]

Neither of them had enough sense to commit the crime! Everyone knows these places have cameras!

[@davidsaldivar4302]

They need to find that illegal immigrant and bring him to justice. No more taco's for him

[@mpa324]

His son is just relaxing somewhere and watching his sentencing and laughing.

[@raysolorzano2938]

Now we'll see if that coward son of his will be as quick to try and save his dad's life as he was to take 3 lives.

[@woiowoiow190]

Gang members are rarely honorable, he's getting that bag somewhere. Only a rat cowards somewhere while someone else takes the blame.

[@Jay_P86]

$10k?😅😂😂 give me $1mil.

[@BloopBloop78]

Agree with the verdict. He knew what his son was going to do. Guilty! 🎬

[@vinnyj2380]

The son is already in Mexico.

[@kkalauli23]

Plus the kid obviously loaded it up and got his mask on in the car he knew exactly what he was helping him do

[@greedyyawgoo5635]

well, the father monitor the store first hence why he was seen on CCTV... He become a look out for his child intention to kill

[@edmondc5506]

No mask

[@DOWNBAD_Tay]

​@@greedyyawgoo5635 yeah he went into the store which is a crazy coincidence .

[@user-xs8re2oy7i]

Warn any family that they may be prosecuted for aiding a fugitive.

[@losrodriguez4212]

He ain’t smiling no more

[@vinceruland9236]

I had a sloppy joe sandwich and tatertots for dinner.

[@steelersgirl3063]

Bomb lol

[@817fredo3]

@@steelersgirl3063 u looking 💣

[@cliftonmobile123]

The son is clearly on camera running back to the truck with the gun in his hand ✋🤷🏽‍♂️ seriously how could you not know?

[@user-xs8re2oy7i]

As a defense attorney,you have to stick to your lie "he does not know what his son just did"

[@jays8664]

This is not the first time this young man has done this you can tell how easy it was for him to sneak up and ambush them.

[@dredope90]

this will be a cold case for a fact

[@kathyramos2924]

He got the tittle of worse father EVER. Turn his back to his child and never wanted to protected him.

[@dlnelson7759]

Since he's in prison I wonder what would he take for that truck. 🤔

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

If the fathers actions weren't driving his son directly to the police station after, he lost all hope of claiming innocence.

[@michaelgutierrez3727]

Good story with a happy ending.

[@DCBJ2011]

Not yet… Only kind of happy

[@troyb.4101]

There is no happy ending , when you loose a family member like this. All involved have nothing but losses.

[@DCBJ2011]

@@troyb.4101 *Lose not loose. Loose means “not tightly or firmly held in place”

[@alextogo8367]

And what's the happening ending? The innocent boy is still dead.

[@ANTHIT]

@@DCBJ2011 lol, you wanted to correct someone so bad.

[@JitThaRuler]

Life in prison n he ain’t even shoot that’s crazy

[@cb9996]

I bet he won't be smiling in his updated photo

[@justtubing767]

That cute smile might get him a date for movie night.

[@hottotty13]

Moms looks pretty upset. She should be on trial for helping her son escape. She was texting him the address to her sisters house. Charge the aunt too.

[@rafachafa1086]

Lol the defense attorney knew he lost already from his natural voice of defeat

[@dillonsagable]

Good work Dallas Da

[@justanotherguy469]

Good work?! He should have gotten the death penalty! Lousy work. I hope the right people find his low-life son.

[@commonsense6611]

It is interesting to note how his defense attorney changed Acosta's appearance (grooming, hair, glasses) for court. I can already see his son wearing a rainbow polo shirt, petting his comfort dog, and using a white cane. Half kidding/Half not.

[@suburbangardenpermaculture3117]

For all the good it did him. He could have stood there and flipped the Judge the bird, fling dookie all over the court and he'd STILL have gotten life. What good is it to act nice all the sudden?

[@myview5840]

​@@suburbangardenpermaculture3117good luck at your appeal after doing that. It goes against any plea of innocence. Don't become a lawyer.

[@moeher84]

Father was the master mind

[@FelipeElGatoBustamanteRenda]

It must be REALLY tough to be that defense lawyer KNOWING every word out of your mouth in defense of this garbage is a lie. The only real justice would be having ever victims family watch as that father has each limb tied to a vehicle and then each vehicle drive away in opposite directions at the same speed he left. And this would be for not only facilitating the murder and get away but for teaching a CHILD how to be a murderer.

[@SweetLadiiM]

That's how they get paid, lying for their clients.

[@myview5840]

Hung, drawn and quartered.

[@patrickhandrahan3823]

My thought is how did this father not know his son was the shooter. He parked I front of the door and his son went into the store, then shots are herd, his son runs back out and jumps into his truck. Dumb logic to get the father off. No competent person would ever believe the father wasn't involved. The father should have been convicted of 2nd ° murder for each victim that was killed.

[@boss-ih6uk]

How hasn't the boy been found?

[@KatryceMichele]

Some of us will be able to disappear because we have a huge family network. I believe he will be found but it may not be for decades.

[@boss-ih6uk]

@@KatryceMichele the boy has great restraint staying off the internet! He schooling is over at 14!

[@fitosanitago6574]

Good luck waiting for him to turn himself in... Come on now

[@justanotherguy469]

I hope the right people find him and give him what his father should have gotten.

[@gabrielebianchi161]

All these people involved look like mice! LOL!!!

[@amandal5545]

Because they’re rat ba$tards!

[@lld9888]

These people don’t care about prison

[@suburbangardenpermaculture3117]

They want you to think that... trust me, there's ALWAYS buyers remorse in prison. Show me one young, slick, cutie-boi who keeps his edges clean and his shoes right, that wants to be kept away from females FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. Everybody wants to fk. Ain't no fkin going on in THERE that ya wanna be involved with 🤣 He'll be $ uic!dal in weeks

[@m_recon5092]

This is awesome the father getting life in prison . Can't wait till the son gets caught.

[@justanotherguy469]

Pfft! His father murdered 3 children and will get free room and board, health care, dental, clean clothes, hot showers, education, gym accommodations, visits from family and friends, and if he claims to be a woman, all the loving a man could ever want. This prime piece of human excrement should have received the ultimate punishment. One can only hope that the right people find his son!

[@m_recon5092]

@@justanotherguy469 very true

[@josebernal8765]

Lockem up and throw the keys away. Up next his kid !!!

[@peterk.4266]

Listening to his "lawyer" makes me want to vomit.

[@islandking3966]

He's in Mexico boi!!!!

[@layndretti13]

Good job prosecutors. Slam Dunk!

[@jaybeedelacruz520]

He not smiling now! Why?

[@jaybeedelacruz520]

What did those 3 young people do to be killed in such way? His son is a coward like him.

[@dannyjuarez9681]

Father of the year

[@jackf2164]

Haha. Only way his pops gets off is if his son turns him self in.

[@valeenoi2284]

Wow! Finally a court that did the right thing. Life in prison without possibility of parole. Well done. Now off to that diseased son of his.

[@franciscofarfan7512]

Thanks for. Locking this animal for the rest of his life

[@justanotherguy469]

Free room, board, dental, medical, hot showers, gym accommodations, clean clothes every day, and if he claims to be a woman, all the loving he ever wanted! Eff that! This piece of filth should have gotten the ultimate punishment. He murdered 3 children! I can only hope the right people find his low-life son! Thanks, but no thanks!

[@4rmDEC2FRE]

this is an injustice. those men got what they deserved.

[@bettywilson8944]

Yes God is good 😊

[@JohnSmith-cc3ud]

The only reason that scared lil girl, i mean boy, aint been caught yet is cuz his family who is hiding him are also criminals. He otherwise wouldn't make it out in the world. Ir not for them hed either be locked up already or found dead somewhere like a ditch.

[@mitmitization]

We’re halfway there folks, now we need to find his son!👍

[@mrsamsung8184]

WE????

[@mitmitization]

@@mrsamsung8184 , really, I need to explain ‘we’ to you….??

[@DOWNBAD_Tay]

I will try to find him to get the reward money

[@mitmitization]

@@DOWNBAD_Tay , it’s only $10,000, correct?

[@woiowoiow190]

Correction: "coward son"

[@rich-lf1bm]

He is guilty!😂

[@dannyroybal7394]

Maybe Someone Will Speak Out Now

[@antoniocaro5315]

My other money is on he fled to Mexico

[@jorgeguerrero8578]

Was that valeri walking out crying lmao

[@aztekempire]

who

[@steelersgirl3063]

???

[@azizmutlaq2376]

10,000 dollars reward won’t cut it. It has to be minimum 50K for someone to snitch on Abel. He’s clearly being assisted by someone.

[@bateagbor1704]

What a joke!!10.000$!!?? Guy killed 3 people in cold blood and you are offering a meager 10.000$???do you think someone will risk becoming a snitch for just 10.000$??the financial incentive is just not enough sorry

[@BcFuTw9jt]

Shooter is still on the run. Congrats

[@GeorgiaWhisper]

Abel is no longer in the states

[@Rubenelmasviral]

Abel probably in Mexico

[@shaunta5393]

Why are they showing this you can see the boy in the front fall smh

[@justtubing767]

They showed the entire murder video. It was horrifying but it needed to be shown.

[@tempakilla]

Livegore has the uncensored clip. It's horrible, I wouldn't recommend it. But I'm kinda used to watching stuff like this.

[@shaunta5393]

@@tempakilla that’s a fake site

[@tempakilla]

@@shaunta5393 not all of it.

[@y_flowers]

he cannot say he doesnt know what his son was going to do, he didn’t have a shirt on, he was at least going for some type of confrontation. hopefully they catch him. and dang the dad looks waay different.

[@thecatswillplay86]

Dad looks like he was trying to make himself look like a harmless nerdy dude for the trial.

[@ouou-db9pw]

Talk about bad parenting he knew what his son was going to do he positions his vehicle for a quick getaway how has a person can you let someone go in there do something like that absolutely terrible

[@nikkireed9840]

It’s the glasses and hair for me, nice try sir but nobody’s that dumb the video along was enough

[@mtio2807]

The mom should also be in prison

[@shondasmith5470]

Good, Now go ahead and get little killer jr. He'll never hug his son on earth ever, just like the victims families can't hug their love ones.

[@KatryceMichele]

Several family members have ended in prison together.

[@maryr0410]

He said he was trying to hold his son back. Why didn't he just drive away. That would've stopped him. All he had to do was let go of the brake. He said he already had him by the shirt...makes no sense at all

[@Sandy-ix2oz]

0:22 maybe this woman should run this fast to find her useless murderer family member

[@Theinvisibleman_12]

Terrible father

[@user-vi4nv6mw6y]

naw his son scared kuz daddy might rat him out now

[@user-xs8re2oy7i]

He has trained his son well,to continue his life.

[@mauricioduran656]

Now our tax dollars have to keep him alive. How about instead make him sell all of his possessions and that money will go towards his stay in prison. Once it runs out so does his food, water, access to restroom, AC etc. Either his family provides $ for him or he just, you know, expires.

[@res887]

With the reward of only $10k, they won’t ever find him

[@Benny12347]

They should arrest the mother aswell you know she knows where hea at .

[@mypignest1]

Well, clique, “like father, like son”. What an evil combination. 3 young lives wasted. And I wonder why ?

[@EduardoLopez-ev3rx]

That dude is in mexico

[@witchesarcana542]

For one if the father was inocente. He should have already said where his criminal son is. Second, All family members involved in helping this criminal should be charged

[@Catsfamily3]

Good he’s going prison father new damn well what was going on!!!!!! someone is helping son he needs to be brought to justice 😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@johhanwindsalor9478]

*Welp... per usual... not one "WhItE NaTiOnALiSt" was involved with these murders!!!*

[@escapethematrix40]

They tried to make him look like a nerd..🙄

[@antoniocaro5315]

Have y'all checked the apartments on Barnes Bridge? Off of Garland Rd? There's nothing but Ex-Criminals, active criminals, homeless, some families just trying to get by sure but or the most part...sketchy apartments

[@antoniocaro5315]

I bet the mom knows

[@ChicanoPhD]

Jail the mom too!

[@LAD-b1y]

I feel bad for the innocent kid .

[@xavierevans9015]

He need to get life for being involved in this triple homicide the son can't run forever he will be caught

[@thebluebot1627]

At eyes of everyone who has seen those videos totally looks he knew what he’s son was going to do, where’s he’s ata and he was trying to denied it.

[@qaddfeyirichardson7907]

Those Mexicans hiding him he going grew up n a hick town that speak his language pops took the rap

[@cognition26]

That's what he gets.