{"id":193814,"date":"2026-03-06T21:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/193814\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T21:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:04:06","slug":"teen-sentenced-to-22-years-for-murder-of-gabriel-campos-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/193814\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen sentenced to 22 years for murder of Gabriel Campos III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His mother, sister and both grandmothers gave impact statements directly to  Davis, confronting him about the loss of their loved one. <\/p>\n<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A teen who admitted to killing another teenager in Corpus Christi has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Drew Anthony Davis pleaded guilty to murder and robbery charges in the death of 17-year-old Gabriel Campos III.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Jack Pulcher sentenced Davis to 22 years in prison for the murder and 20 years for robbery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sentences will run concurrently, meaning Davis will serve both at the same time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He will also receive credit for time already served while in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Campos\u2019 family delivered emotional victim impact statements in court before the sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, sister and both grandmothers gave impact statements directly to \u00a0Davis, confronting him about the loss of their loved one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They described Gabriel as a young man with a bright future who was just months away from turning 18 and graduating high school.<\/p>\n<p>Family members said Campos was walking from school to work when he was killed. They told Davis that because of his actions, Gabriel will never get the chance to become a father or an uncle.<\/p>\n<p>During their statements, relatives accused Davis of showing little remorse during court proceedings, saying he had laughed and smirked at times. They told him he was no longer laughing now.<\/p>\n<p>In November, a judge ruled that Davis would be tried as an adult in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the proceedings, Davis\u2019 bond had been reduced to $200,000, with $150,000 to be posted by his attorney and $50,000 by his family to ensure he remained out of trouble while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>Davis was 16 years old at the time of the shooting, and had stood trial in juvenile court since.<\/p>\n<p>More from 3NEWS on KIIITV.com: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KIIITV\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for your daily news and exclusive extended interviews.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nDo you have a news tip? Tell 3!                    <\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/teen-sentenced-22-years-for-murder-gabriel-campos-iii\/mailto:tell3@kiiitv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell3@kiiitv.com<\/a> so we can get in touch with you about your story should we have questions or need more information. We realize some stories are sensitive in nature. Let us know if you&#8217;d like to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His mother, sister and both grandmothers gave impact statements directly to Davis, confronting him about the loss of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-193814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}