(Seguin) — A disagreement over the price of an item at a Seguin convenience store recently landed the store owner behind bars on a charge of aggravated assault.
Seguin Police say officers were dispatched at approximately 4:48 p.m. Saturday, July 11, to a convenience store in the 1000 block of West Court Street after receiving a report of a person with a weapon.
According to investigators, a verbal argument broke out between a customer and the store owner, 53-year-old Rosa Tejada of Manchaca. Police say the customer was leaving the business when Tejada allegedly displayed what appeared to be a revolver and pointed it at the customer near the front entrance.
The customer told officers she “believed the gun was real and feared for her life.”
During the investigation, officers determined the weapon was actually a BB gun that closely resembled a real revolver. Police say the BB gun did not have the orange safety markings commonly used to identify it as a non-firearm and that its appearance was convincing enough that a reasonable person would have believed it to be a real handgun.
Based on the investigation and the victim’s belief that she faced imminent bodily injury, Tejada was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
She was transported to the Guadalupe County Jail without incident.
The investigation remains ongoing.