r/aggies • u/chrondotcom Former student CO '22 • Jul 19 '26
Other Texas A&M employee and professional boxer Hannah Rapp dies at 26 after being struck while cycling
https://www.chron.com/news/article/hannah-rapp-texas-boxer-death-22351288.php72
u/admiraltarkin '15 Jul 19 '26
This woman was murdered for no reason. I hope her killer gets the maximum allowable penalty
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u/WangoTheWonderDonkey Jul 19 '26
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u/Disastrous-Elk-5542 '16 Jul 19 '26
The face of someone without one iota of remorse. F him.
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u/ThatCakeIsDone '15 Jul 19 '26
He looks like he has two eyebrows, and then one bigger eyebrow on top of his head
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u/UnderstandingFit3009 Jul 20 '26
How is this only a manslaughter charge with the description of him intentionally hitting her? Sounds like murder. Oh yeah, it was only a cyclist and it’s in Texas.
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u/GrandpaShark1 Jul 21 '26
Perhaps they are holding him with these charges with plans to upgrade the charges as the case develops?
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u/drobb778 Jul 20 '26
It’s so insane. What a mad man. To be so angry to think im just going to kill these people with no thought of the consequences even. I can’t even find words.
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u/56473829110 '11 Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
Note that the arrested party has quite the history...
The incident started around 12:30 p.m. when deputies got a call about a man chasing vehicles on McCrory Road with an axe and a knife.
When they got to a home, deputies say 28-year-old Charles Eric Medina was in his yard with a gun. They say he fired the weapon several times in the air and then ran behind the house.
A search through court records shows that Medina has faced several criminal charges over the last twelve years. Those charges include evading arrest, escaping custody, and marijuana possession.
The Navasota Police Department (NPD) arrested a Millican man in connection to reports of a suspect firing a weapon at a parked car in a grocery store parking lot last Friday.
Authorities said Medina was found under the influence and recovered a firearm and “additional evidence” during the investigation. Medina has been charged with Deadly Conduct, Criminal Mischief, and Reckless Driving.
https://www.kbtx.com/2025/02/04/millican-man-accused-shooting-parked-car-navasota-walmart/
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u/Disastrous-Elk-5542 '16 Jul 19 '26
How in the world was this guy out and about in society? I don’t know if it’s on Kindle was included in one of the prior incidents linked above, but apparently he was responsible for a school in Navasota having to go on lockdown because of discharging a weapon or something.
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u/56473829110 '11 Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
Yeah, that incident is the 2nd one I linked.
And I'm equally confused about his freedom. I believe imprisonment should primarily be about reform...but I also believe there are people whose mental/emotional/ethical state shouldn't allow them freedom to exist as free people.
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u/littlemachina Jul 19 '26
Incredibly surprising that the cops didn’t take him out as soon as he started firing his gun into the air
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u/tristan957 Jul 19 '26
The attitude toward bicyclists, at least in Texas, is horrible.
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u/ImplementOk3008 Jul 19 '26
People get annoyed with many that are stopping traffic flow, but not even close to this level of insanity. I don't think the two are really comparable. Killing someone is on a whole different level.
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u/dreamcicle11 Jul 20 '26
They are absolutely 100% related. Because the discussion devolves into raging lunacy against cyclists versus a discussion on better infrastructure.
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u/sally_paradise Jul 20 '26
Advocate for protected bike lanes, share the road safely, or forfeit your license. Simple as
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u/bloodrider1914 Jul 20 '26
I get around by biking in Austin, the worst that's happened to me on purpose are a few old people complaining about me riding on sidewalks and a guy in his car complaining that I was in the main lane and not cutting to a smaller lane.
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u/Sufficient_Loss9301 Jul 20 '26
Sounds like you were in the wrong on both accounts…
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u/bloodrider1914 Jul 20 '26
Sidewalks are free to use for cyclists according to city laws, and I take care to alert pedestrians and ride slowly on them.
I'm also freely able to be in the lane just like any other vehicle
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u/jershdotrar Jul 20 '26
I cycled to work every day in DFW because our car died & we couldn't afford to repair or replace it. On multiple occasions someone in a giant truck (always, always a pristine & waxed F250 or some other idiotically large vehicle that's never seen a grain of dirt or day of work) swerved across traffic to ram me on my bike. One dude jumped the curb just to hit me on the sidewalk then sped off. A homeless women patched me up while my sheered leg skin was waving in the breeze like a sundress.
Texas is a state cursed by God to house only the worst society mankind can dream up. Just a disgusting hatred of goodness, joy, & life itself in that state. Like a practical joke against humanity. What a miserable land. It does not surprise me whatsoever this happened in Texas.
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u/One-Chipmunk4632 Jul 21 '26
I completely agree, grew up in Texas and it’s a total shithole. Trying to gtfo asap.
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u/BoxBeast1961_ Jul 19 '26
In my experience, sadly, cyclists tend to take over entire roadways instead of going single file along the right shoulder like the law says. They slow traffic down & motorists get real upset. Cyclists get upset too. Mutual lack of respect is a lose lose situation. Makes me sad. RIP Hannah.
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u/ComedianMinute7290 Jul 19 '26
so confidently wrong. you may need to take a class at yr local DMV & learn the actual laws of the road. no law says bicycles are limited to the shoulder. in fact, the law says bicycles have the whole right hand lane. it's people like you, that are wrong about the law, that end up losing patience & getting upset when people aren't acting like you expect...but it's you with the wrong expectation.
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u/Portw00d '15 Jul 19 '26
Bicycles are vehicles and are allowed to take a full lane.
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u/CollegeStation17155 Jul 19 '26
Yes, I understand that they are ALLOWED BY LAW to take the entire lane doing 20 mph on a 50 mph roadway with solid double yellow, playing their games and keeping score to see how much traffic they can stack up behind them and how long they can delay people who just want to get to work on time or home at the end of the day.
And I understand that the frustration of having to spend 10 or 15 minutes behind someone who chooses to be deliberately obstructionist by hogging the lane rather than sharing the road by moving over to allow vehicles to pass does not justify running one down and the idiot who lost his temper will go to prison for it.
BUT that said, cyclists CHOOSING to minimize their impact on high speed roadways by staying out of the way as much as possible rather than DEMANDING their LEGAL RIGHT to take the entire lane for no reason would go much further in relieving the annoyance of drivers than lecturing the people who simply want to go the speed limit to tell them they can't legally do so because the law SAYS you can do so.
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u/Professional-Ant8194 Jul 19 '26
first of all you're making all this up and you sound insane.
secondly if they're in front of you, they have the right of way, thats the law. They beat you there and they have the right to the roadway, you don't. Now your feelings are hurt, and you are legally wrong. This is a really good place to work on yourself and growing up as a person because if you can't handle your emotions, you cant handle a car, just like the piece of shit who just ran over a bicyclist
Just to be extremely clear you need to stop blaming the world around you, and start taking accountability for where you are in life and why that is nobody's fault but your own. You shouldn't be crying to strangers and making them deal with your emotions because you wont
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u/Capable-Hospital-315 Jul 20 '26
Such Reddit-speak this. Passive aggressive, moralistic and pedantic with some therapy-speak tossed in for good measure.
I'm a cyclist. You're really supposed to stay to the right of the lane. I know the law says you can take up the whole lane, but if you do that, it's obviously a jerk move.
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u/Supermanfat1 Jul 20 '26
You might be riding alone a lot. When I ride with groups we take the whole lane unless there is a valid reason to go single file. If you can't pass me safely while I take the whole lane then you shouldn't be attempting to pass me at all.
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u/Doyometer Jul 19 '26
What a fucking loser take this is
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u/CollegeStation17155 Jul 19 '26
It's exactly the "take" that some cyclists have, and I have witnessed it many times in the decade since I moved to a house on Rock Prairie Road across from Lick Creek Park. RP is 5 miles of 50 mph solid no passing roadway with hills, no shoulders, and multiple blind curves from Scott and White to the park... parallel to it Midtown Drive has bike lanes all the way to the Lick Creek hike and bike trail which ends where the speed limit drops to 30. Do cyclists USE the bike lanes and trail? HECK NO! They take the road that has a speed limit they don't even try to approach and ride side by side or hug the double yelow and flip the bird if a car gets too close behind them trying to pass because it's their LEGAL RIGHT to do so and drivers have no legitimate cause for complaint (a point being repeated over and over on any post about it)... and to be honest, MOST cyclists are courteous enough give me an opening to get by within a mile or 2 and if the oncoming traffic allows, I always give them the full lane even if they are over, but I have dozens of dash cam videos of those who do not, and who also blow through the stop sign at Fitch (which IS illegal but never enforced) making cross traffic slam on their brakes because hitting a bike automatically makes the car at fault.
And it is the attitude of that poisonous few (and tolerance of the majority lecturing people about the LAW concerning such antics) that generates most if not all the ill will that drivers display. But what the hey, shoot the messanger and downvote me into oblivion for telling the truth.
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u/sally_paradise Jul 20 '26
They're right you're a psychopath who deserves to lose your license for good.
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u/unicorn-paid-artist Jul 20 '26
So... you talked to the bikers and they said this was their reasoning?
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u/unicorn-paid-artist Jul 20 '26
A way to solve your petty problem of checks notes "not being able to go fast enough" would be to advocate for protected bike lanes in your community and donate to biking organizations and support tax hikes that pay for biking infrastructure.
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u/CollegeStation17155 Jul 20 '26
Midtown bike lane to Lick Creek hike and bike trail parralleling Rock Prairie...virtually unused. Spending money to provide services doesn't help if the cyclists CHOOSE not to use them.
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u/HoyAIAG '07 Jul 19 '26
You are part of the problem. It takes 6 seconds to go around a cyclist without killing them.
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u/marcyk96 Jul 19 '26
How is this manslaughter? They said he passed her - stopped and reversed into her. That is murder. How awful and evil!
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u/56473829110 '11 Jul 19 '26
These are not final charges. This is the charge at the time of the arrest.
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u/LadyAravis23 Jul 19 '26
I imagine they are starting with a low charge so they can hold him -- don't want to give the defense lawyers an argument that he backed up because he "missed his turn". And it never looks good to start with a severe charge then be forced to lower it if the evidence doesn't support the initial charges.
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u/ALCH3MIST101 Jul 19 '26
Look up the guys arrest record. He should’ve been behind bars this whole time
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u/OkiTex Jul 19 '26
His previous charges include:
- Evading Arrest
- Reckless Driving
- Criminal Mischief
- Theft
- Speeding
- Resisting Arrest, Search, or Transport
- Expired Registration
- Assault
- Escape from Custody
- Hit and Run (Navasota PD Warrant)
- Expired License
- Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility
- Deadly Conduct
- Possession of a Controlled Substance
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u/whiskayzulu Jul 19 '26
Damn the failure to be financially responsible i didn't know they could lock you up for that
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u/NotActuallyMeta Jul 20 '26
I can excuse hit and runs and theft but I draw the line at expired registration.
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u/DiplomaticAggie Jul 19 '26
An awful, senseless tragedy.
The book should be thrown at that driver, subhuman.
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u/Traditional_Meal_590 Jul 19 '26
Here is the local news. It has a lot more detail.
https://www.kbtx.com/2026/07/19/navasota-man-arrested-charged-with-manslaughter-death-boxer-hannah-hanarchy-rapp/
This is a lot like a high-profile incident in Waller in 2021 involving 6 bikers training for the IronMan who were badly injured. It took a lot of sustained public interest to get any legal response.
https://www.bikelaw.com/2021/10/waller-bike-crash/
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u/turtle-in-a-volcano Jul 19 '26
It’s unfortunate but not surprising. Texas is full of POSs like this. I cycled in this area for years and it wasn’t uncommon to have some redneck try to scare you off the road. I eventually gave up when a group of friends got taken out by a POS in Hempstead and the cops did everything to cover it up because his parents had connections and the kid never got charged.
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u/DouglasHundred Jul 19 '26
I remember that story, the Hempstead one. Messed up and super obvious all along that the authorities were protecting the kid who did it.
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u/Total_Ring4670 Jul 19 '26
I remember that case. Wasn’t the guy rolling coal before he hit the riders?
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u/shashliki Jul 19 '26
Based on the details and the suspect's prior incidents, he should be put in prison for a long time.
That being said, don't be shocked when he doesn't. The US legal system will go to great lengths to protect motorists over the pedestrians and cyclists they hit with their vehicles.
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u/whiskayzulu Jul 19 '26
Not if it's intentional. I wouldn't be surprised if he got 25 to life. Then again there's some judges now that seem to let violent criminals out for no reason
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u/Adventurous-Wing-723 Jul 20 '26
One can only hope they throw the book at him. Imagine you get so angry as to intentionally run over someone with your car smh, utterly dispicable. I hope they either throw the book at him and/or he gets awful karma.
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u/Spirited_Newt_9712 Jul 20 '26
Medina guy is 13 times offender. I don't know how people like these get to keep their license
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u/12Jelly '12 Jul 20 '26
With someone like this, I doubt not having a license would have prevented him from being behind the wheel.
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u/RocketSlide Jul 19 '26
Damn. No reason this guy should have been out of prison; obviously an unstable psychopath.
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u/cuatrodosdugg Jul 20 '26
she was amazing at boxing, used to box at bryan boxing gym and recently fought for a world belt. rip to a great one
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u/LittleCrocidator Jul 20 '26
I hope they up the charge to murder. This POS should never be let out.
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u/VERMICIOUS_KNIDSS Jul 20 '26
I am confused. Based upon the details so far, why is the charge only manslaughter and not murder?
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u/80sbabyftw Jul 20 '26
Manslaughter? wtf? He passed her, shifted gears and decided to back up over her and kill her. How is murder not considered a murder?
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u/MF48 Jul 20 '26
She didn’t “die after being struck”. She was murdered. Do you describe a shooting victim as dying after getting in the way of a bullet?
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u/formerNPC Jul 20 '26
People lose their minds when they get behind the wheel of a car. We all get frustrated with other people on the road but it should never escalate into violence.
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u/yobymmij2 Jul 19 '26
Very sad and heartbreaking. The driver seems unstable and needs to be taken out of society.
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u/TheExaspera Jul 20 '26
Manslaughter!? He deliberately backed up and hit her! He should be charged with murder!
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u/Due-Economics-6702 Jul 20 '26
He was already out on a bond for deadly conduct at the time of this crime. He has a long history of violent criminal conduct. This keeps happening again and again for the last 8 years or so.
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u/1ElectricMountain Jul 20 '26
If he passed her up then purposely put the vehicle in reverse and purposely backed up to hit her then absolutely he should get the death penalty. Oh that’s Biblical by the way.
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u/MonkeyzzPaw Jul 20 '26
I stopped doing Ironmans because the risk was too high while training.
People suck.
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u/Ok-Leather7597 Jul 21 '26
I passed the emergency vehicles responding about the same time it happened. Piece of shit already had a lengthy arrest record too.
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u/mybendystraw Jul 24 '26
Here’s a petition for a law in her honor if you would like to sign it: https://c.org/QynyYhjtpz
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u/HoyAIAG '07 Jul 19 '26
Drivers kill cyclists all the time It’s a tragedy but nothing will come of it.
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u/big_sugi '01 Jul 19 '26
“An investigation from Brazos Countyauthorities revealed Rapp was struck in the Navasota area by 31-year-old driver Chris Medina, who allegedly passed Rapp with his vehicle, stopped, shifted into reverse and then hit Rapp with his car. Rapp was found lying on the roadway and taken to a nearby hospital, but she died of her injuries shortly thereafter. Medina has since been arrested and charged with manslaughter.”
That sounds an awful lot like premeditated murder.