Grandpa shot dead inside McDonald's in blue city while getting Happy Meals for grandkids

A Texas gramps who was "crazy for his grandkids" is dormant aft getting caught successful the crossfire of a gunfight portion buying luncheon astatine a fashionable fast-food concatenation arsenic his household waited outside. 

Jorge Arbaiza, 61, was changeable aggregate times astatine a McDonald’s edifice successful Houston Sunday, according to a connection from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. 

Arbaiza was ordering Happy Meals for his 2 grandchildren erstwhile a gunfight betwixt 2 groups of men broke out, ending with shots fired wrong a edifice filled with customers and their children, according to authorities. 

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Jorge Arbaiza blows retired candles with his grandchildren successful an undated photograph.  (Courtesy of the Arbaiza Family)

Arbaiza’s woman of astir 40 years, Teresa, watched it unfold portion waiting successful a car with the 2 children, according to KHOU 11. 

"I couldn't permission the kids alone. I could not spell inside," Teresa told KHOU 11.  "The kids were crying, and they were scared."

Teresa noticed a antheral with a weapon successful her vehicle’s rearview reflector seconds earlier she heard shots ringing out. Teresa called her husband’s cellphone erstwhile she did not spot him moving from the restaurant. 

Jorge Arbaiza smiles alongside his woman of astir 40 years, Teresa, successful an undated photograph. (Courtesy of the Arbaiza Family)

"I’m dying. I’m going to die," were Arbaiza’s past words, Teresa told KHOU 11. 

Arbaiza was transported by a aesculapian chopper to a hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died. In his past moments of life, Arbaiza made the motion of the transverse and began to pray, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

Gonzalez referred to the execution arsenic "senseless" successful a tweet posted to his X account.

"We are profoundly saddened by this senseless unit that led to a tragic nonaccomplishment of life," Stuart Brown, the proprietor and relation of the Houston McDonald's, told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "Our thoughts are with the victim’s family, and we are assisting the section constabulary section successful immoderate mode that we can."

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Antonio Ridge was arrested and charged with the execution of Jorge Arbaiza successful Houston, Texas, Thursday, March 20, 2025.   (Harris County Sheriff's Office)

One of the men progressive successful the shooting was besides struck by gunfire and taken to a hospital, wherever helium was interviewed by detectives. Investigators utilized information camera footage to find a conveyance and person identified aggregate suspects progressive successful the brawl. 

On Thursday, the Harris County Sheriff's Office arrested Antonio Ridge and charged him with Arbaiza's murder, according to Gonzalez. Ridge is being held successful the Harris County Jail. 

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Authorities besides revealed that a handgun utilized successful the shooting was modified utilizing a "Glock switch" that allows the idiosyncratic to crook the semi-automatic weapon into an automatic weapon. 

In grant of Arbaiza's life, Gonzalez is pledging his enactment for a measure projected successful Texas that volition criminalize the possession and usage of modified handguns successful the state. 

"These switches are a superior menace to our assemblage and instrumentality enforcement," Gonzalez said successful a societal media post. "Let’s get this [bill] passed and named successful grant of Mr. Arbaiza."