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Texas dad fatally shoots innocent Amazon manager after mistaking him for daughter’s kidnapper

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Jonathan Ross Mata, 39, was captured aiming his pistol at a fleeing SUV outside a Shell gas station in Houston and unloading gunfire, killing 25-year-old Desmond Butler around 1 a.m. on Dec. 25.

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Texas dad fatally shoots innocent Amazon manager after mistaking him for daughter’s kidnapper

Jonathan Ross Mata, 39, was captured aiming his pistol at a fleeing SUV outside a Shell gas station in Houston and unloading gunfire, killing 25-year-old Desmond Butler around 1 a.m. on Dec. 25.

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New York Post broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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