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TexasTowelie

(112,592 posts)
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 03:43 AM Dec 2021

Police: Teen charged in triple killing is loose, dangerous

GARLAND, TEXAS -- Dallas-area police have charged a 14-year-old with capital murder in a triple killing at a gas station and are warning that the boy is at large, armed and dangerous.

Police in Garland are seeking Abel Elias Acosta and said Wednesday that they have evidence showing he was the gunman who left three teens dead and wounded a fourth at the suburban gas station's convenience store Sunday.

Acosta is the son of Richard Acosta, 33, who turned himself into police Monday and is also charged with capital murder for allegedly acting as a get-away driver in the shooting, police said in a statement. A juvenile court has issued an order to take the younger Acosta into custody, police said, and authorized them to publicly release his name.

Prosecutors will determine whether the teen is charged as a minor or an adult, said Lt. Pedro Barineau.

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article256925007.html

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Police: Teen charged in triple killing is loose, dangerous (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2021 OP
I posted about this..so it was a teen Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #1
There were two 14 year-olds involved in the crime. TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #2
very bad parenting.. the worst Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #3

TexasTowelie

(112,592 posts)
2. There were two 14 year-olds involved in the crime.
Thu Dec 30, 2021, 04:10 AM
Dec 2021

Last edited Thu Dec 30, 2021, 04:45 AM - Edit history (1)

One of them was arrested and released, but remains a person of interest. The second teen, the son of the driver, has not been arrested.

It all makes me wonder what the father that drove the getaway vehicle was thinking.

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