SAN ANTONIO – A man who was 15 when prosecutors say he carried out a deadly carjacking in 2023 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the death of an 80-year-old San Antonio victim.<\/p>\n
Zachariah Aguirre, now 19, was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 25 years in prison for the murder of Larry Brister, according to a July 10, 2026, press release from the office of Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales.<\/p>\n
The district attorney\u2019s office said that in February 2023, Aguirre \u201ctricked Brister into getting out of his truck to inspect his tire.\u201d After Brister left the vehicle, Aguirre \u201cjumped into the driver\u2019s side and drove away,\u201d prosecutors said, \u201cknowingly dragging Brister as he tried to stop him from fleeing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brister suffered severe injuries and was hospitalized for several months before he died, the release said.<\/p>\n
Aguirre is the first of three co-defendants in the case to be sentenced and the last to accept a plea agreement, according to the district attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Assistant Criminal District Attorneys Rebecca Gorham and Cynthia Olson led the prosecution team, with support from Victim Advocate Becky Garza and Investigator Bruce Hallonquist, the release said.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s sentencing reinforces the message that every individual, regardless of their age, must face the ramifications of their actions,\u201d Gonzales said. \u201cWhile no amount of time will ever bring Mr. Brister back, we wish his loved ones strength and comfort as they begin their journey toward healing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – A man who was 15 when prosecutors say he carried out a deadly carjacking in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-369145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369145","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=369145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}