He was a good boy, turning his life around, singing in the church choir, etc..
Via Guns
When an off-duty police officer witnessed a robbery and beating Sunday night in Houston, he stopped to intervene, but the confrontation turned deadly for the teen suspect when he revealed a pistol and began to come at the officer in a threatening manner.
According to reports from local media, it was just before 9:00 p.m. when the 22-year law enforcement veteran was driving past a convenience store and noticed two young men jump out from behind a dumpster and begin beating a third man carrying a bag of groceries in what appeared to be a robbery.
Carl Rodriguez, who was off-duty and driving his own personal truck at the time, turned around and pulled into the parking lot to help the victim.
Rodriguez told the two men to get away from the victim and leave him alone, but they ignored his request. Then one of them turned his attention to Rodriguez instead.