A Texas mom wept and held a teddy bear as she spoke at a press convention Wednesday following the Valentine’s Day capturing dying of her 9-year-old daughter.
“That is her proper now, that is my child, that is what I bought,” stated Gwen Alvarez about her daughter, Arlene.
The mom revealed the teddy bear she held all through the press convention contained a recording of the guts monitor that saved her daughter, Arlene Alvarez, alive earlier than she was taken off of life assist. She squeezed the stuffed animal and her daughter’s closing coronary heart beats may very well be heard.
Arlene was using along with her household on their strategy to a Valentine’s Day dinner Monday evening when Houston police say the household drove previous a Chase financial institution. On the similar time, alleged shooter, Tony Earls was chasing a person who had robbed him at gunpoint on the financial institution.
The Alvarez household described how the suspected robber was greater than 100 ft away from them when Earls shot at them indiscriminately, though they'd nothing to do with the theft. The household’s two different kids, together with an toddler, had been additionally within the automobile on the time of the capturing.
“We sped ahead … actually he was in all probability about 10 ft away from our car and nonetheless continued to spray the car,” stated Arlene’s father, Armando. “One [bullet] shot the fuel tank. I do know this different one is the place it hit my daughter within the head.”
The woman’s mom stated that by the point paramedics arrived, her little woman was already gone.
“The second they informed me they couldn’t do nothing about it, I didn’t wish to let her go,” she stated. “They informed me, ‘Ma’am so sorry however she’s mind useless.’ They informed me there’s nothing they'll do. She’s not going to make it.”
The fourth-grader, who liked to make TikTok movies, was taken to the hospital however was finally taken off life assist and died Tuesday.
Earls, 41, was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault. He's at present being held in on a $30,000 bond. A spokesman for the Harris County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated the workplace will take a look at probably upgrading fees towards Earls following Alvarez’s dying.
Throughout the press convention, the Alvarez household lawyer additionally revealed he can be taking authorized motion towards Chase.
“This isn't the primary time that this has occurred at that notorious deal with,” stated lawyer Rick Ramos, referring to the financial institution. “Inside 5 months, we've one other mindless killing at an ATM machine on the similar deal with, and we've to begin asking questions of why (is) there not an off responsibility police officer there?”
Ramos pointed to a different lethal capturing on the similar ATM in October when Mary Jane Gonzalez was shot and killed over $40.
Ramos additionally stated Earls can't use self-defense to justify the capturing since he was not in imminent hazard on the time he chased the theft suspect and commenced capturing.
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