12-06-2016, 10:04 AM
TEXAS
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HOUSTON - ^ Phillip Battles, 18, Ferrell Dardar, 17, and Marco Miller, 17, were escorted into court by nearly a dozen sheriff's deputies.
All three teens are charged with capital murder and being held without bond.
Diana Gomez had just gotten home with her two little girls and was in the parking lot of her apartment complex on Nov. 14. Police say the three men tried to rob Gomez, then shot her, her 10-year-old daughter and little Ava. Ava was the only who didn't survive.
"The shot to the 4-year-old was in the head," said Angela Weltin, prosecutor for the case. "A gun shooting at the head of a child is indicative of intent."
Police believe Dardar pulled the trigger. He had been out on bond for aggravated robbery. (HOTD: pisses me off; there ought to be high bond for violent charges.)
Prosecutors say Miller was the lookout guy and Battles was the one who drove the group to the apartment complex.
Prosecutors say these men are linked to several other dangerous robberies. They say both Battles and Dardar admitted to being part of this robbery, but neither of them has confessed to shooting Ava.
Last week, Battles was in court for a separate capital murder that happened November 7th (HOTD: pisses me off again; there ought to be high bond for violent charges.). He's charged with shooting and killing Ignacio Ortega, 62, one week before trying to rob Ava's family.
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RIP Ava Castillo ^ and Ignacio Ortega (no pic available).
Story: http://abc13.com/news/three-men-charged-...t/1640471/
HOUSTON - ^ Phillip Battles, 18, Ferrell Dardar, 17, and Marco Miller, 17, were escorted into court by nearly a dozen sheriff's deputies.
All three teens are charged with capital murder and being held without bond.
Diana Gomez had just gotten home with her two little girls and was in the parking lot of her apartment complex on Nov. 14. Police say the three men tried to rob Gomez, then shot her, her 10-year-old daughter and little Ava. Ava was the only who didn't survive.
"The shot to the 4-year-old was in the head," said Angela Weltin, prosecutor for the case. "A gun shooting at the head of a child is indicative of intent."
Police believe Dardar pulled the trigger. He had been out on bond for aggravated robbery. (HOTD: pisses me off; there ought to be high bond for violent charges.)
Prosecutors say Miller was the lookout guy and Battles was the one who drove the group to the apartment complex.
Prosecutors say these men are linked to several other dangerous robberies. They say both Battles and Dardar admitted to being part of this robbery, but neither of them has confessed to shooting Ava.
Last week, Battles was in court for a separate capital murder that happened November 7th (HOTD: pisses me off again; there ought to be high bond for violent charges.). He's charged with shooting and killing Ignacio Ortega, 62, one week before trying to rob Ava's family.
RIP Ava Castillo ^ and Ignacio Ortega (no pic available).
Story: http://abc13.com/news/three-men-charged-...t/1640471/