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From Breitbart: Police in San Antonio arrested an illegal alien after he allegedly shot a former Marine working as a security guard in a bar. The Marine, working as a security guard in a bar, is fighting for his life after he attempted to disarm the illegal alien.
More than a month later, Jimmy Friesenhahn, a 44-year-old Marine combat veteran, is fighting for his life in a San Antonio hospital after being shot while working as a security guard at the El Patio Sports Bar early on the morning of May 4. Police arrested Wilmer Vladmir Ortega Ruiz, a 29-year-old man who entered the U.S. illegally, for the shooting, News4SA reported.
As the suspect entered the sports bar, Friesenhahn attempted to search him for weapons. The two men struggled after the Marine allegedly found a handgun in the man’s pocket.
During the struggle, police say Ortega Ruiz shot Friesenhahn multiple times, striking him twice in his ballistic vest and once in the neck. The neck wound left the 14-year Marine Corps veteran paralyzed from a spinal cord injury and unable to speak, the article reports. Following the May 4 shooting, he has undergone six surgeries.
Friesenhahn served in the Marine Corps for 14 years — including a combat tour in Iraq. He is the father of a five-month-old baby girl, but now, completely paralyzed, he cannot hold her in his arms or even speak to her. The family is concerned that he may never be able to walk or talk again.
Meanwhile, according to a report by the New York Post, Ortega Ruiz has a lengthy criminal record.
The report detailed at least four times when the illegal alien was arrested, turned loose, didn’t show up for court hearings, and the Bexar County District Attorney, a Democrat, even downgraded charges or gave him a “slap on the wrist.” The first documented arrest in San Antonio was in October 2020 for DWI.
Ortega Ruiz, from Honduras, reportedly snuck across the border into the United States as a “gotaway.”
The New York Post writes:
Meanwhile, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office has only pursued aggravated assault charges against Ortega Ruiz and set his bond amount at $200,000 in his latest alleged offense.
And the victim’s family is outraged, calling the repeated lax prosecution “a huge slap in the face.”
“That’s attempted murder, that’s not aggravated assault,” said Friesenhahn’s tearful sister, Evangelina Borjon.
🚨 Bexar County, TX: Illegal alien Wilmer Vladmir Ruiz Ortega (L) has been arrested in connection with the shooting of Jimmy Friesenhahn (R), which occurred early Sunday morning.
Friesenhahn worked as a security guard at a sports bar and encountered Ruiz Ortega there.… pic.twitter.com/gqMEL5znKX
— Illegal Alien Crimes (@ImmigrantCrimes) May 10, 2025
This is the thug who did it. Wilmer Vladmir Ortega Ruiz, who has been repeatedly deported following multiple crimes.
Oddly, none of the articles say his nationality. Why don’t arrest records keep the nationality of the convicted? This is a valuable statistic. pic.twitter.com/nUhaso8fQ9— MarthaStemberg1 (@MStemberg1) June 9, 2025
A GoFundMe page set up to help Friesenhahn has so far only raised about 10,000.
Jimmy is having a rough recovery and needs two things:
1) You support for his future needs (accessible van/home) – (GoFundMe link: https://t.co/Jf0uAOs4Gy
2) Help connecting with spinal cord specialists and veteran support groups — my DMs open or email va4safecommunities at… pic.twitter.com/TNWNUGZOH5— Virginians 4 Safe Communities (@VA4SafeComm) June 9, 2025
PSA and a real world mission for a brother in arms who was shot by a serial criminal offender illegal alien.
If you can spare some money to help him please do. If your would please RT his gofundme.🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸👊🏽 https://t.co/UoyUUGlA03— MrAckley257 (@StackEmUpAgain) June 9, 2025
ICE confirms man who shot security guard at local sports bar last weekend is from Honduras and entered U.S. illegally. Family says victim may never walk or talk again due to spinal cord injuries from shooting.https://t.co/A2G4SKqZBp
— Jaie Avila (@JaieAvila) May 9, 2025
SUSPECT UNDOCUMENTED | Undocumented suspect accused of shooting security guard during fight at local sports bar. https://t.co/XgyvijikbX pic.twitter.com/WIW8HjAUf7
— News 4 San Antonio (@News4SA) May 9, 2025
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