EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A teen was sentenced to seven years of probation in a shooting that left another teen dead, according to online court records obtained by KFOX14\/CBS4. <\/p>\n
Alan Mora was sentenced on Nov. 3 to Criminal Negligent Homicide in the Oct. 7, 2024, shooting that killed 18-year-old Jesus Alberto Gonzalez. <\/p>\n
Mora, who was arrested in January in connection with the shooting, was sentenced to seven years of probation and 300 hours of community service, court records state. <\/p>\n
The incident happened on Oct. 7, 2024, at around 1:30 a.m. at the 3300 block of E. San Antonio Avenue, near Chamizal National Memorial, in central El Paso.<\/p>\n
According to police documents previously obtained by KFOX14\/CBS4, 18-year-old Mora was hanging out at a friend’s house with several other friends when he pulled out a gun and started taking pictures with it, handing it back and forth with his friend Gonzalez, when he shot and killed him.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived on scene, witnesses immediately began telling them Mora had shot Gonzalez before running away to Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n
Officers said that when they entered the home, they found Gonzalez lying on the floor dead from a gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n
At this point, officers called the El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons unit, which then took over the investigation.<\/p>\n
According to police documents, CAP detectives interviewed three witnesses regarding how the shooting happened, and the detectives said all three stories were consistent.<\/p>\n
The witnesses told detectives that they had all met at a friend’s home with the plan to wait for another friend and then head to Pockets for food and drinks.<\/p>\n
Witnesses then said that while they were waiting, Mora and Gonzalez started taking pictures posing with a black gun, which they said belonged to Mora. <\/p>\n
They added that at one point, Mora had pointed the gun at Gonzalez, and that’s when they heard a “loud bang.” <\/p>\n
Witnesses then said Mora reportedly yelled in disbelief, saying that he had just shot his friend.<\/p>\n
Witnesses then told detectives Mora told them he was running away to Juarez and that he took off running out the back door with the gun.<\/p>\n
According to police documents, the witnesses also told detectives that they didn’t see Mora and Gonzalez arguing before the shooting and that, in fact, they were “very close friends.”<\/p>\n
Police arrested Mora months later in January in Santa Teresa, where he was brought back to El Paso and charged with manslaughter.<\/p>\n
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