A young suspect, just 13 years of age, has been slapped with capital murder charges in connection with the cold-blooded killing of Bryan De La Cruz Chaparro, 18, in a daylight robbery gone deadly.
The boy, whose name is withheld due to his minor status, was arrested by the Houston Police Department (HPD) following the grim discovery of Chaparro, who was found lifeless in the driver’s seat of his car, a victim of a gunshot wound, in a parking lot at 1307 Wilcrest Drive on the afternoon of February 17; he was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, further intensifying the desperation for justice in a city weary of bloodshed.
In a release provided by the City of Houston’s official news site, HPD Homicide Division Detectives N. Henderson and L. Patterson divulged that the officers responded to a shooting call and found Chaparro unresponsive, later detectives were led to the juvenile suspect after evidential paths painted him as the assailant, it became clear the young teen was the alleged triggerman in this tragic crime of loss.
The Harris County Juvenile Probation authorities had already taken the teen into custody for unspecified reasons, adding a layer of pre-existing trouble to his narrative before detectives tacked on the capital murder charge on May 28; due to his age, the suspect's booking photos and juvenile record are not for public consumption, but the weight of the charges suggests a life already in deep tumult.
