SAN ANTONIO – A murder suspect used to be attacked and beaten in a Bexar County courtroom Friday by family individuals of the teenager he’s accused of killing.
A video of the incident used to be shared extensively and despatched to more than one reporters, regardless that it’s unclear who took the video inside of 144th District Court.
According to a commentary from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, family individuals of capturing sufferer Ethan Soto attended a listening to for Victor Nathaneal Rivas, who is charged in Soto’s loss of life.
BCSO mentioned after Rivas made a gesture towards Soto’s family individuals, they jumped a partition in the courtroom and started assaulting Rivas.
Two sheriff’s bailiffs broke up the preliminary incident, however then different family individuals “became disruptive,” BCSO mentioned.
Four folks had been arrested following the incident — two grownup men and two juvenile men. They will likely be charged with attack and disrupting court docket court cases, BCSO officers mentioned.
According to a prior file, Rivas, who used to be 17 on the time of his arrest in September 2022, is accused of capturing 15-year-old Soto in May of 2022 in an act of revenge for a drug theft.
Rivas’ legal professional Adam LaHood advised that his consumer used to be in court docket Friday for a regimen initial listening to and mentioned the courtroom brawl used to be “certainly unexpected” and “not something you ever want to see happen.”
LaHood mentioned Rivas is “swollen and bruised” most probably with a black eye and bruised face.
LaHood mentioned a few of Soto’s family individuals were requested to go away the courtroom no less than one different time for outbursts however that “nothing like this” had came about in earlier court docket appearances. LaHood anticipated the family individuals concerned in the incident can be barred from long run court docket court cases.
Court body of workers for Judge Michael Mery in 144th District Court didn’t reply to a telephone message looking for remark Friday.
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