BREAKING: MAN SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE BROWNSVILLE MAIN LIBRARY: SUSPECT OFFERS NO RESISTANCE, ARRESTED BY BPD

(BPD officers arrest suspected killer who shot another man inside the Main library.)

By Juan Montoya

Exclusive to El Rrun-Rrun

A man was shot to death in the Brownsville Main Library at 2600 Central Blvd. Boulevard around noon today and his alleged killer was taken into custody after eyewitnesses said the two had been involved in a discussion that turned violent and resulted in the suspect pulling out a handgun and shooting the other in the head from across the table.

The man, estimated to stand about six feet tall,  then calmly remained seated in the Reader's Mark Cafe table as library staff started rushing patrons our the rear exists before police arrived. Police covered the rear and front entrances to the parking lot and did not allow anyone to leave or enter through the main doors as they surround the building and entered the library fully armed with AR-15s and body armor.

The single shot from the suspect's gun thundered through the building just past noon. Patrons at first thought something heavy like a file cabinet might have dropped on the floor but started looking for an exit when they saw people being rushed to the rear emergency doors by library staff. Then the trickle of people turned in to a torrent as they rushed out the rear exit door. Library staff urged patrons not to panic as they rushed them out the door.

(Armed with AR-15 rifles and body armor, BPD officers surrounded library) 

Less than 10 minutes after their arrival, officers of the Brownsville Police Department were seen escorting a tall man wearing a sports jacket and a a hoodie into a police unit and taking him away as EMS crews stood around prepared to attend to any wounded. No one emerged after half an hour to request their services and they remained at the scene assisting shocked patrons who hyperventilated from the trauma.

(Panic-stricken parents and terrified children race outside the library and gather at a nearby bus shelter on Central Blvd.)

According to a man who was in the coffee shop inside the library, he heard the two men sitting at a  table arguing loudly and at some point the victim leaned back on his chair and told the alleged shooter that "I'm not worried about it. I work for the federal government," at which point the alleged shooter calmly reached under the table for his weapon and pulled out the gun and shot him point blank in the head.

"He then just sat on his chair and didn't do anything," the man said. "He is somewhere between 25 to 35 years old, I estimate," he said. "I had my son with me and and I brought him out. But he wasn't moving. He was just sitting at the table and the other guy was dead or dying on the floor."

Meanwhile, as the killer sat at the table, patrons rushed out the rear as parents hugged children who were shaking with fear and and trundled them to safety and gathered in a bus shelter on Central Blvd. A woman in the bunch said she was in the private room when the sound of the bullet being fired rang out a scant 25 or 30 feet from her.

"I've never been so scared," she said, her voice breaking as she tried to control her shaking. "My God, this is a public library. I hope he didn't shoot anyone else."

(Officers and various law enforcement agencies including the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Cameron County Sheriff's Department, and Pct. 2 Constables  rushed to assist the BPD who arrived first and arrested the suspect at the scene.)