LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas mom spoke outdoors the Clark County courthouse moments after attending a listening to for one of many teenagers accused of gunning down her 17-year-old son.
Julio Bravo was shot and killed final week, Sept. 15, making an attempt to guard a lady from robbers, in response to the Las Vegas Metro Police Division.
Jose Juarez, 17, was within the Regional Justice Middle showing earlier than a Clark County Decide concerning his bail.
However, a call was postponed as each Clark County prosecutors and Juarez’s protection lawyer agreed to order arguments for bail till a preliminary listening to scheduled for Oct. 2.
The capturing occurred at East Las Vegas Household Park close to Washington Avenue and Lamb Boulevard.
“He was just a loving kid,” Maria Bravo, Julio’s mom, stated. “I have to be his voice now because he doesn’t have one.”
In response to police, Julio Bravo was sitting at a park bench with a lady when he was approached by two teenagers armed with weapons. A shootout reportedly occurred, and Bravo was killed.
The 2 teenagers bought in a automobile however have been reportedly stopped by police earlier than they left the park. Three juveniles, together with Juarez, have been recognized as suspects within the capturing, in response to police. Two of them suffered gunshot wounds.
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“I called my voicemail, and it was from the Clark County Coroner’s office. And I thought it was…I don’t want to relive it, I’m sorry,” Bravo stated, crying over her son’s demise mid-sentence.
Bravo, together with different members of her household, was contained in the courtroom for Juarez’s bail listening to, as he faces a number of prices, together with open homicide. Lawyer Ofelia Markarian represents the Bravo household.
8 Information Now was at Juarez’s preliminary arraignment final week, the place he blew a kiss to our digital camera.
“It’s really, really sad, but we are happy that the defendant is still in custody. He hasn’t been released, and our streets are safer because he’s still in custody,” Markarian stated.
Moreover Juarez, two different teenagers have been arrested for Bravo’s homicide. Nonetheless, they’re going through prices as juveniles, not as adults.
Markarian stated they weren’t given a solution or timetable from the Clark County District Lawyer’s Workplace on whether or not the teenagers can be moved from the juvenile justice system to the grownup system.
