Teenage robbery suspect Zayveon Marshall, 17, has been slapped with charges after a botched hold-up left his accomplice dead on the scene, a quiet street at 3322 Yellowstone Boulevard, according to the Houston Police Department. The fatal encounter unfolded in the dead of night on May 12, when Aryeh White, 21, was gunned down as he allegedly pointed a gun at a man delivering food, demanding cash.
Marshall was pegged with aggravated robbery using a deadly weapon, and his booking mug now sits on file with the 180th State District Court, the department released early this week. The delivery man, who shot White dead during the late-night confrontation, walked away unscathed and cooperated with officers at the scene, providing a statement that might be key in unraveling that fateful night’s events, the male didn't face immediate charges as the Harris County District Attorney's Office kicked the case up to a grand jury.
In a statement obtained by the City of Houston news release, Sergeant M. Holbrook and Detective R. Lujan of HPD's Homicide Division detailed how Marshall was identified as the second male suspect, the one who fled the grisly scene with the victim’s backpack while White held the man at gunpoint, Marshall's arrest last Friday, carried out by HPD's Narcotics Tactical Team, capped off the investigation without a hitch.
With Marshall behind bars, the Harris County District Attorney's Office has reviewed his involvement, and as the wheels of justice grind away, the grand jury will soon weigh in on the fatal shooting itself, the law, as it stands, patiently waits to pronounce judgment on the living suspect, linked to a crime scene that saw another young life extinguished in the most brutal of urban ballets.p>
