EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 The suspect in a deadly house party shooting that happened in far east El Paso in 2023 pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Angel Avila pleaded not guilty to capital murder of multiple persons, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated assault with a weapon, brain injury\/paralysis.<\/p>\n
Police documents show that the deadly house party shooting in far east El Paso that killed two teenagers in September 2023 might have been an act of revenge.<\/p>\n
A witness told police that Angel Avila, aka “Chino,” opened fire at a homecoming party on the 12300 block of Tierra Inca Drive after Avila spotted the people who he said shot at him at Socorro Park.<\/p>\n
According to the witness, the person Avila was referring to was 18-year-old David Caldera aka “GG,” which Avila referred to as “opps” (opposition).<\/p>\n
In released police documents, the witness describes the shooting started after Caldera stepped out of the party and Avila opened fire.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Suspected gunman in deadly September house party shooting arrested<\/a><\/p>\n After the firing stopped, the witness told police they picked up a wounded Avila from the ground and drove him to the hospital.<\/p>\n According to police documents, on the drive to the hospital, Avila told the witness Caldera had shot him.<\/p>\n Furthermore, the witness told police a friend buried the gun in the desert after Avila left it in the car.<\/p>\n Detectives dug up the handgun from the desert near the 13000 block of Gateway East.<\/p>\n According to police documents, detectives followed the witness’s instructions and dug up the gun from the desert, which they refer to it as a “ghost gun” due to it not having a serial number.<\/p>\n According to lab results, the gun– which authorities referred to as a “ghost gun” due to it not having a serial number– was responsible for the two deaths and the other three injuries.<\/p>\n 19-year-old Eliel Omar Bultron Hernandez died at the scene as a result of the shooting.<\/p>\n