He joined the scuffle by punching him in the face. According to Rolando, Coronado did not say that he was a policeman. He says that he identified himself as a policeman, but the Venturas attacked him. In the parking lot around 2:00 a.m., Coronado noticed the commotion near Cantu's car. The doorman, William Swick, and a bartender, Lauren Gilmore, testified that Coronado had glassy eyes and slurred speech. At the time of the shooting, his blood-alcohol content was approximately. When the doorman would not let him take his beer with him, he sarcastically dared him to call the police. Immediately before leaving, Coronado had one or two shots of whiskey and chugged his last beer. He says that he had mostly beer from pitchers that he shared with friends, but he did buy a few shots of whiskey from the bar as well. 380-caliber, semi-automatic pistol- in his waistband. Coronado was at Sherlock's Pub celebrating his highschool reunion. After intervening to protect Cantu, Omar and Rolando sculled with her assailant near her car. When the bar closed, they noticed that their friend, Karla Cantu, was being harassed in the parking lot. Before the shooting, Omar and Rolando had been at Sherlock's Pub with Omar's wife, Rosa Rodriguez, and friends. On February 18, 20 I I,] ose Coronado - an off-duty policeman for the City of Houston - shot Omar and Rolando Ventura, killing Omar and wounding Rolando's arm. A juror could reasonably conclude that it kept serving him drinks despite knowing he was dangerous to others. The doorman and a bartender testified that the policeman was slurring his speech and stumbling. The bar's motion for judgment, however, will be denied. The men will take nothing from the city because it is not responsible for the policeman's disregard of its rule. In an ordinance and two general orders, the city told its policemen not to exercise their authority when they have had alcohol. The men have sued the policeman, the city, and the bar. An off-duty, drunk policeman intervened in a brawl outside of a bar. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS § § § § § § § § § Civil Action H-1 2-501 Opinion on Summary Judgment I. UNmD STATES DISTRICT COURT Rosa Rodriguez, ct al., Plaintiffs, 1.icrsus City of Houston, ct al., Defendants.
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