A young man was arrested in connection with a deadly robbery in Texas last year after surveillance video and multiple leads led to him.
Auguston Kane Medelez , aged 19, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of Francisco Javier Nava Mendoza, a man who had lived in San Antonio fleeing the violence in Mexico.
The events occurred on 11 last October, around 7 in the morning, when Medelez and another suspect flagged down Mendoza on W. Hermine Boulevard. When the man stopped, perhaps believing the youths needed help, the defendant and the other suspect shot him and stole his cell phone.
After being hit by a bullet, Mendoza’s car rolled and crashed into a fence and stopped in the front yard of a house. The authorities arrived at the scene and found the man unconscious, they took him to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
The wife of the deceased, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Telemundo that They had been living in San Antonio for nine years, where they came to escape the violence in Mexico, since her husband had been kidnapped by a criminal organization.
In the inquiries after Nava’s murder, the investigators they found surveillance footage showing the incident and were also able to obtain a clear photo of the suspects.
Furthermore, they identified Melendez and his social media accounts thanks to an anonymous tip. In addition, the informant stated that he had heard the young man talk about the crime. They also discovered that Medelez lived a few blocks from where the incident had occurred.
They later recovered text messages and social media posts that further incriminated the suspect.
Between them they realized that the young man was talking to friends on social networks the day of the shooting saying that “the laws” were looking for him and if he could stay with them. I would have also asked another friend if he had any more 9s and where he could get more 9mm ammunition.
Investigators say it was the same caliber bullet used in Mendoza’s murder and that information was not made public.
De According to Bexar County Court documents, Medelez was booked on a first degree murder charge and his bond is set at $19,000. While the second suspect in the crime has not yet been captured.
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