SEE IT: Texas killer stops by restaurant amid his 5-victim spree: cops

Charles Brownlow, 36, had allegedly already killed his mother and his aunt before he walked into a Mexican restaurant in Terrell and asked for a table shortly before 10 p.m. Monday. He walked out without ordering and later shot three others to death, police say.

By Philip Caulfield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 11:13 AM

Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 11:50 AM

Charles Brownlow, the man accused of killing his mother, aunt and three others in Terrell, Texas, is seen on surveillance video stopping at Dos Aces Mexican restaurant in the middle of his killing spree.

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Charles Brownlow, (center) is accused of killing his mother, aunt and three others in Terrell, Tex., on Monday. Security footage caught him ducking inside a Mexican restaurant amid the killing spree.

A Texas madman accused of killing five people in a gruesome shooting spree Monday took a break from the bloodshed to stop by a Mexican restaurant but walked out without pulling the trigger, security footage shows.
A timeline of the killings in Terrell, a North Texas town, showed Charles Brownlow, 36, had already killed at least two people before he walked into Dos Aces restaurant on U.S. 80 shortly before 10 p.m. and asked for a table, according to police.
A hostess escorted him to a cozy spot in the corner, but Brownlow, accused of killing his mother and aunt, took a look around and then left, according to footage broadcast on NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Workers told local NBC Brownlow was shown to a table, but didn't sit down. He walked out a few minutes later.

Within an hour, three more victims were dead, including a clerk at a convenience store just a few blocks from Dos Aces, police said.
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After an eight-hour, door-to-door hunt across the typically quiet country community east of Dallas, authorities caught the alleged gunman hiding in some woods around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Dos Aces staffers said they narrowly avoided a bloodbath.

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Dos Aces on U.S. 80. A convenience store clerk a few blocks away was shot shortly after Brownlow left the restaurant.

"I think we got lucky," manager Eric Fragoso told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. "There were a lot of people here."

"I mean, on the video, you see a lot of people were coming out. So imagine if he pulled a gun out right there. He would have killed -- I'm pretty sure -- more than 20 people."
Police haven't revealed a possible motive for the killing spree, but relatives and locals in Terrell said Brownlow had a history of violence and drug abuse, The Dallas Morning News reported.
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013