Police said Kayla Salas was riding in a car with her mother on the north side when bullets began to pierce the vehicle.
SAN ANTONIO — A 15-year-old man accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old girl in October appeared before a juvenile judge for a detention hearing Monday.
Probation officers and prosecutors told the judge the boy should remain locked up for everyone’s safety.
As the victim’s relatives listened intently, probation officers considered the boy’s troubled past, including previous court appearances on theft charges and arrests on warrants for murder and aggravated assault. He was listed as a fugitive, he told the court.
They said his latest problems are related to an Oct. 10 attack in the 200 block of Dean near Kenwood Park on the north side.
The victim’s mother told police she was driving with her daughter, Kayla Salas, as a passenger. The mother told police she had been shot, and that’s when she realized Salas had been fatally shot by a bullet that had entered the vehicle.
A representative from the Probation Office told the court about the defendant’s behavior after his arrest: “Unfortunately, he has continued to exhibit some problematic behavior while in custody. “I have been subject to conduct investigation and security sanctions for a minor act of obstruction for my dissent.” He was charged with menacing and menacing an adult, and as of yesterday he was written up on suspicion of sedition. ”
Detention was recommended because the boy was unable to receive adequate supervision, an option supported by prosecutors.
The boy’s attorney told the judge there are mitigating circumstances in the case that will be disclosed.
“I have consulted with my client,” the boy’s lawyer said. “He instructed me to fight the case in court. For these reasons, we are asking for his release.”
When the boy’s mother petitioned for his release, Judge Cruz-Shaw told the woman that the boy had great difficulty controlling his behavior while in custody, so release would be difficult.
Shaw spoke directly to the boy and said: “You were given the opportunity, you were deferred, you came up with two more charges and you can’t act behind the scenes (while in custody)?” Ta. The show spoke directly to this teenage boy. “What do you think will happen?”
The boy guessed correctly that he would not go home. Shaw ordered him held and set his next court appearance for Dec. 16.
