HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A teenager has been charged with capital murder for killing a man during robbery in north Harris County, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
On Friday, deputies identified the suspect as 17-year-old Anthony Castro accused in the shooting death of 34-year-old Victor Gonzalez. Castro was booked into the Harris County Jail.
Deputies say that the victim called 911 at 4:12 p.m. on Sunday to report that he had been robbed at gunpoint in Harris County.
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According to investigators, the victim had arranged to meet a suspect to sell property. During the transaction, the victim was allegedly robbed at gunpoint. The suspects then fled in a vehicle, and the victim followed them while relaying their direction of travel to dispatchers before stating that he had been shot.
Victor Gonzalez was pronounced dead in the 600 block of John Albers Road, according to authorities.
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