HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The family of a man murdered while trying to protect his neighbor fears one of his killers may soon walk free, less than three years after the horrific crime. They not only fear for their own safety, but also that of their community.
A transfer hearing is scheduled for one of the teenagers accused of shooting Moyses Arreguin to death back in July 2018. Gilbert Gomez, 19, confessed to the crime and pleaded guilty. A judge sentenced him to 25 years in state prison with parole eligibility in 2031.
The hearing will take place Monday morning via Zoom. Gomez could be released from juvenile detention or sent to state prison.
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KATY, Texas – Lesley Cruz is a hardworking, single mother from Katy, raising two young children inside a house that’s been ravaged by broken water pipes and heavy water damage following Houston’s historic winter storm.
“The pipes upstairs burst and it was just like, water pouring, flooding into our house,” she said. “It was like a waterfall coming from the ceiling.”
“We still have no water in the house,” Cruz added. “We have to use water bottles to brush our teeth and we can’t even take a shower.”
The picture from the bodycam is lost but you can hear Gomez screaming in apparent pain.
“Hey man, what are you doing? I don’t do anything man. Why you doing that to me,” Gomez asked them.
“Gomez suffered torn ligaments, injured discs in the back, (a) bruised face and (an) injured elbow,” according to civil rights attorney Randall Kallinen. Medical records backed up those claims.
The officers charged Gomez with resisting arrest, but a judge dismissed the case at the request of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Kallinen said.
An HPD internal affairs review later cleared all three officers.