Prosecutor: 'This case is a very serious one. Someone has lost their life.'
SAN ANTONIO — The curly-haired teen shuffled into juvenile court with a chain securing his ankles and handcuffed at the waist.shooting his mother to death with a shotgun June 18Unlike many who twist and fidget, he sat calmly as he conferred with his attorney and then spoke quietly when he was called to the bench for a detention hearing,
A probation representative told the judge this is the first time the teen has appeared in court, and that since being in detention he has not had any incidents and he has continued to talk to the counselors that have been provided to him. The prosecutor agreed, telling the judge,"This case is a very serious one. Someone has lost their life. There was a weapon used in this case. He is a danger to himself and others and therefore detention is warranted."
"The parents are prepared to take him home. They do have a house for him. They do have a room," the attorney said."They do have a way to get him to and from any doctor appointments he may have and they are in the process of working to get him back into school when the time comes."
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