UPDATE: The authorities have apprehended and charged a 17-year-old suspect with capital murder.
A tragic incident unfolded in Houston on Tuesday evening, resulting in the arrest of 17-year-old Adiel Sandoval. He has been charged with capital murder in connection to a deadly shooting that claimed the lives of three individuals, one of them being his own brother, Juan Sandoval, who was 23 years old.
According to court documents, there was a disturbance between Adiel Sandoval, his brother Juan, and two 17-year-olds, Eddie Gomez and Jonathan Hernandez. The situation intensified when they exchanged gunfire in the laundry room.
Adiel supposedly sought assistance from his brother before opening fire into the room. The details surrounding the initial cause of the shooting remain uncertain, although witnesses reported that the teenagers in the laundry room possessed a gun that seemed to be counterfeit.
Adiel Sandoval, the only survivor, managed to escape from the scene after the shooting and was later found the next day.
Sandoval, who has been charged with capital murder, has been booked into the Harris County Jail. Although a bond has not yet been set, if granted, it would come with conditions that prohibit Sandoval from having any contact with members of the MS-13 street gang.
A violent shootout at a Houston apartment complex laundromat resulted in the tragic deaths of three individuals, including two teenagers.
On the evening of Tuesday, November 5th, a minor altercation at the Tierra de Sol apartment complex in Houston, Texas, escalated into a tragic and brutal incident. The Houston Police Department has reported that three individuals lost their lives as a result of this violent confrontation.
According to HPD Assistant Chief Alvaro Guzman, two teenagers, both 17 years old, found themselves embroiled in an argument with two other men inside the complex’s laundromat. The situation quickly spiraled out of control, erupting into a chaotic exchange of gunfire.
RESIDENTS HEAR A DOZEN GUNSHOTS
“I initially mistook the sound for fireworks, but upon closer listening, I realized it was gunshots. I distinctly heard around 12 shots,” recalled a nearby resident.
“A very tragic event here. We have family that’s here. We have young lives that have been lost,” Guzman said.