By the Letter E

The past week has been wrought with a wave of emotions from the Austin community. On Friday April 6, 2012 "Good" Friday, one of Austin's finest was gunned down by a senseless act of violence when he tried to subdue a subject in a local Walmart. This father of two beautiful little girls died there, and set off a chain of events in my community that has renewed my faith in man. Jaime Padron was a seasoned veteran of the San Angelo Police department and had only been with Austin PD for about three years before he was killed. Before he died Officer Padron was able to put out one more call for help. While his fellow brothers in blue rushed to his aid, two brave Walmart employees tackled and secured the shooter but were unable to save Jaime. Even though he was wearing a kevlar vest for protection the shooter realized his shot was ineffective and aimed for his neck with his second shot. But this is not where this story ends. Over the next week we learned about Jaime Pad...