Here’s what San Angelo police say happened the night of the murder of 19-year-old Joe Angel Martinez III in San Angelo, according to allegations in a police complaint.
Officers with the San Angelo Police Department arrested and charged Justin Ramirez, 17, Davon Lewis, 17, and a 16-year-old juvenile male in connection with the killing that happened July 23.
Ramirez was being held Tuesday in the Tom Green County Jail on a $150,000 bond for a murder charge, online jail records show.
Lewis was not in the custody of the local jail on Tuesday, according to the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office.
Documents regarding the 16-year-old’s arrest are not publicly available since he is a juvenile.
Murder is a first degree felony punishable by five to 99 years or life in prison. Anyone accused of a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
According to a police complaint against Ramirez, San Angelo police Sgt. Keith Lane responded to Roosevelt Street and Rio Concho Drive to investigate a report of a gunshot victim in a vehicle that collided with a masonry mailbox July 23.
The victim, Martinez, was transported to Shannon Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Lane spoke with the victim’s dad and was able to track his location leading up to the incident using Life 360 software on the victim’s phone. It showed that Martinez traveled to the River Pointe Apartments.
An apartment staff member was able to retrieve video from the incident.
Police reviewed the video and saw three people approach Martinez while he was sitting in his car, according to allegations in the complaint.
In video footage, police watched one of the individuals point a gun at Martinez, who then he drove off in his car, according to allegations.
Ramirez’s mom told police he was with two boys when he left that night, and “when they returned their behavior was odd.” She told police that she asked Ramirez about the large police presence at the apartment complex.
She told police her son was involved in a shooting the evening before, according to allegations.
Ramirez said the other two boys set up a drug deal, and the 16-year-old “shot the drug dealer during the transaction,” according to allegations in the complaint.
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: Here’s what police say happened the night of a 19-year-old’s murder
Reporting by Rosanna Fraire, San Angelo Standard-Times / San Angelo Standard-Times
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