Victor Cuevas pictured after a bond listening to in Might 2021.
Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle through AP
The person who was on the heart of a wild incident involving an escaped pet tiger in Houston final yr was discovered responsible of an unrelated homicide Tuesday.
Following a two-week trial, a Fort Bend County jury convicted 27-year-old Victor Cuevas of fatally taking pictures Oseikhuemen Omobhude on July 14, 2017, exterior a Richmond restaurant, reported ABC13.
Cuveas was arrested two weeks after the killing and charged with first-degree homicide in Omobhube’s dying.
The suspect claimed that he shot the 20-year-old in self-defense after Omobhude pulled a gun on him exterior a sushi restaurant, in response to court docket data cited by the Houston Chronicle.
In Might 2021, Cuevas was out on bond in reference to the homicide case when he was caught on video corralling a Bengal tiger named India after the large cat had escaped from a personal house in west Houston and was noticed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy sitting on a garden.
Surveillance cameras confirmed Cuevas ushering the wild animal right into a white Jeep Cherokee and dashing away earlier than cops responded to the scene.
The video shortly went viral and made nationwide headlines, sparking a hunt for the 9-month-old tiger and its caretaker.
Cuevas’ protection lawyer within the homicide case instructed reporters on the time that his shopper was taking care of India the tiger however was not the animal’s proprietor.
Cuevas was finally arrested and charged with felony evading arrest.
Cuevas’ spouse turned India the tiger over to the authorities every week later. The massive predator was discovered to be in good well being and was despatched to stay out its days at a wooded sanctuary on a ranch in north Texas.
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