{"id":58663,"date":"2025-11-21T02:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/58663\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T02:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:20:14","slug":"suspected-robstown-shooter-arrested-charged-with-first-degree-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/58663\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Robstown shooter arrested, charged with first-degree murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 An 18-year-old has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy outside the Figueroa Square Apartments in Robstown, according to Robstown Police Chief Mike Tamez.<\/p>\n<p>Tamez confirmed Elias Eric Rivera was booked into the Nueces County Jail Wednesday night. His bond was set at $750,000. The arrest comes two days after the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>He told 3NEWS that officers were called around 3:50 p.m. Monday for a report of a male who had been shot. Sanchez was found dead at the scene. Tamez said early evidence showed the shooting \u201cwas not a random act of violence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tamez said investigators received Ring camera video and citizen reports that helped move the case forward. The Texas Department of Public Safety is assisting Robstown police.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the shooting on Tuesday and another last Saturday are related, citing money as a possible motive for both shootings.<\/p>\n<p>More arrests are expected, according to Tamez.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The investigation continues. Stay with 3NEWS for the latest updates on this case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from 3NEWS on KIIITV.com: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/suspected-robstown-shooter-arrested-for-murder\/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":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 An 18-year-old has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-58663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58663","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=58663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}