San Antonio police have apprehended 20-year-old Joshua Reyes in connection with a double homicide from 2022, a case that involved the fatal shooting of two teenagers, reportedly during a transaction involving THC vapes. The arrest detailed by the San Antonio Police Department marks a significant development in the investigation of a crime that occurred on July 23, 2022, in the 1700 block of Schley Avenue, KSAT reports.
The slain youths, identified as 15-year-old Emiliano Rojas and 14-year-old Edgar Menchaca, had apparently been communicating with Reyes over social media before the deadly meetup at that early hour, this meeting ended in their deaths with one boy dying at the scene, while the other was pronounced dead en route to the hospital, a circumstance which emerged from gathered evidence including social media exchanges between the parties FOX San Antonio explains.
Reyes, who was only 17 years old at the time of the incident, was seen by a witness collecting shell casings from the scene shortly after the shooting, a detail that emerged during police investigations. It is yet unclear whether Reyes was on the inside or the outside of the vehicle during the shooting, nor whether he had known the victims beforehand, with the investigation's scope still uncovering certain elements of the encounter. However, the DNA evidence on the THC vapes, which was matched to Reyes, proved instrumental in linking him to the crime scene, according to officials.
Following the conclusion of the DNA tests, Reyes was taken into custody on Monday in an unspecified West Side location without incident, and police have confirmed that they are not pursuing additional suspects in this case, signaling a clear path in their investigation yet, as is the nature of these investigations, the story could unfold further as courts deliberate and the community reels, trying to find sense in the senseless act that has taken two of its youths as noted by KSAT.
With Reyes now facing capital murder charges, he potentially stares down the gravest of penalties, including the possibility of the death sentence or life imprisonment. Public records indicate that Reyes is currently being held on a $650,000 bond.
