Police in Texas have arrested a 17-year-old in the death of a teenager, who authorities say was shot and killed and then robbed of his shoes in Houston.
Ramiro Hernandez was arrested last Wednesday in the deadly shooting of 14-year-old Axel Turcios in early May.
Online jail records show Hernandez remains in custody at the Harris County Jail on a capital murder charge without bond.
Police said the shooting happened in the 9500 block of Ella Lee Lane on the evening of May 6. Turcios was reportedly in a parking lot when he was approached by two Hispanic male suspects. One or both suspects shot Turcios and fled the scene i myn a dark Chrysler PT Cruiser and traveled northbound on Tanglewilde Street police said.
Police said Turcios told a witness who ran to help him that the suspects had ripped the shoes off his feet as he lay bleeding on the ground. Turcios was transported to a hospital in critical condition. Doctors pronounced him dead the following day.
Investigators and Turcios’ family asked the public for help in finding the suspects, offering a $25,000 reward. Houston police said a tip they received after the press conference led to the arrest of Hernandez.
Hernandez is the only suspect who has so far been charged in the shooting.
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