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British tourist shot dead on road trip to Amarillo

Source: observer.guardian.co.uk

Nov 07, 2009

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Father gunned down on visit to see the town made famous by the hit song

The family of a British tourist who was shot dead while on a road trip across the United States said last night that he was "just in the wrong place, at the wrong time" when he was killed during a robbery at a Texas bar.

Thomas Reeve, a father-of-one who was on a month-long journey from San Francisco to Florida with two friends, had only planned to make a brief stop in the small town of Amarillo because of the hit song by Tony Christie, "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo", according to relatives.

The 28-year-old, from Maidenhead in Berkshire, died from a single bullet wound after a masked attacker walked into the Spotted Pony bar in the centre of the town shortly before 11pm on Thursday night.

A 25-year-old man was arrested by police on Friday following the incident, in which a 48-year-old man was also shot in the hand and a woman was sexually assaulted.

Mr Reeve, who had a nine-month-old daughter, was described as "a much-loved son, brother and father who will be missed by the whole family and ve

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