TAFT, Texas (KRIS) – A 20-year-old Texas man is free after posting bonds totaling $50,000 after he was arrested in connection with a weekend shooting in Taft at a toddler’s birthday party that left four people dead.
A spokeswoman at the San Patricio County Jail reported that Ronnie Rodriguez Jr. was released Sunday. Rodriguez had been taken into custody earlier in the day by state troopers in connection with the shooting.
Rodriguez’s father — Ronnie Sr., 37 — also is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting and remains at large, Sgt. Nathan Brandley with the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
The shooting occurred at 5:15 p.m. Saturday.