Last moments of shot British tourist who stopped off in Amarillo 'because he liked the Tony Christie song'

A Texas bar owner told last night of the final moments of a British tourist shot dead by a robber.

Faith Morin spoke as police released dramatic CCTV pictures of the attack in which 28-year-old Thomas Reeve died.

One shows the killer, Ray Cisneros, holding a gun to the head of a terrified woman after forcing her to open the till.



Footage from the robbery which left a British tourist dead clearly shows the gunman threatening a worker



A gun is pointed at the bar worker's head where Thomas Reeve was drinking



Mr Reeve, the father of a one-year-old girl called Tabitha, was on a month-long road trip from San Francisco to Florida with two friends, a woman identified as Laura Hain and a man who has not been named.

They decided to stop in Amarillo, Texas, because of the hit song 'Is this the way to Amarillo?'.



They went to the bar, the Spotted Pony, on Thursday night only because it was the nearest to their motel.

A group of drinkers huddle on the floor as the gunman opens fire in the bar



Mr Reeve can been seen in green in the background drinking coke with friends



Owner Faith Morin, 26, told how Cisneros burst in and fired a shot into the ceiling. She said: 'He screamed at everyone to get on the floor.



Tragic tourist: Thomas Reeve, pictured with daughter, was killed when shots were fired at several drinkers

There were about 15 people in the bar and they did as he said. No one gave him any trouble.

'He fired a shot and hit one of our regulars in the hand, and then headed over to where Thomas and his friends were sitting.



'His female friend held out her purse for him to take it, but he fired his gun.'

Mrs Morin said the bullet ricocheted off a table and into Mr Reeve's chest. Cisneros, 25, callously left him dying on the floor while he continued to grab money from drinkers and empty the till.

She added: 'Everyone was too frightened to move.' The gunman then forced a customer to open the till, hitting her on the head with his gun when she initially pressed the wrong buttons.



Cisneros also made a 28-year-old woman take off her clothes and sexually assaulted her before running outside.

Mrs Morin, who has owned the bar for

Suspect: Ray Carlos Cisneros

only six months, said: 'This was just a senseless killing. I feel sick to my stomach that someone has lost their life over a few hundred dollars.'

She also revealed that Mr Reeve, from Maidenhead, Berkshire, was only drinking cola. He had wanted to leave the bar earlier, because he was tired after a long drive, but was persuaded to stay.

Police arrested Cisneros after a 19-hour manhunt. He has been charged with murder and could face the death penalty.

Mr Reeve's devastated mother Margaret, 58, said at her home in Maidenhead: 'You just don't expect to hear that your child has been shot and killed, not on holiday.

'He only went to Amarillo because of the song.





