COURT WILL HE WILL BE FORMALLY
BE READ THE CAPITAL MURDER
CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
WE ARE BRINGING YOU THIS ON
AARON ONLINE AT KTSM.com LET'S
GET A LIVE LOOK AT THE
COURTROOM.
IT'S PRETTY FULL.
THIS COURT ARRAIGNMENT IS
SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 2 PM IF
WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE LIVE FEED
YOU CAN SEE SHERIFF'S OFFICERS
GUARDING A PRETTY PACKED
COURTROOM THERE.
OUR CAMERAMAN PANS OVER TO GIVE
YOU A LOOK.IT'S IN THE 409TH
DISTRICT COURT THE COURT OF
JUDGE MEDRANO HE HANDLED THE
CASE.
WE ARE SAYING SOME FAMILIES
OF THE VICTIMS.
YOU CAN'T SEE HIM RIGHT NOW BUT
IN THAT CROWD IS RAUL FLORIS, A
COUPLE WAS SHOT AND KILLED THAT
DAY AT WALMART.
SO CREW SECRUSIUS LEFT DEAD ON
AUGUST 3.
WE EXPECT THIS TO BE A
PRETTY QUICK HEARING, THIS IS
BROUGHT IN THE CHARGES WILL BE
READ TO HIM THE 22 COUNTS OF
CAPITAL MURDER.
HE COULD ENTER A PLEA AT THIS
TIME BUTUSUALLY THESE TAKE 5
TO 10 MINUTES.
WE HEARD HIS ATTORNEY A PUBLIC
DEFENDER, MARK STEVENS FROM SAN
ANTONIO SAID THEY MIGHT ASK
SOME QUESTIONS THAT COULD
PROLONG THIS HEARING AND WE
ALSO ARE SEEING OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE DEFENSE TEAM INCLUDING
JOE SPENCER A LOCAL EL PASO
DEFENSE ATTORNEY.
HE DEFENDED DANIEL VIEQUES IN
THE CASE I MENTIONED NOT TOO
LONG AGO.
YOU SEE A PACKED COURTROOM.
ASSUMING HERE WE KNOW ABOUT THE
CHARGES CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES
BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
TREATING THE SHOOTING AS A CASE
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SO THAT
COULD BRING OTHER FEDERAL HATE
CRIME AND FEDERAL ARMED
DISCHARGES AS WELL.LET'S TAKE
A LISTEN.
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WE TOLD YOU THAT WOULD BE
QUICK, IT TOOK ABOUT THREE
MINUTES OR SO, THE SUSPECT
BROUGHT INTO THE COURT WITH HIS
ATTORNEYS BY HIS SIDE, MARK
STEVENS AND JOE SPENCER, HE WAS
GIVEN A COPY OF THE INDICTMENT
AND HE ENTERED A PLEA OF NOT
GUILTY.
THAT SURPRISING BECAUSE AS
YOU KNOW WE HEARD THE POLICE
CHIEF GREG ALLEN HE HELD
NOTHING BACK.
HE COOPERATED WHEN THEY WERE
QUESTIONING HIM AND HE DID
ADMIT HE WAS TARGETING MEXICANS
BUT ENTERING A NOT GUILTY PLEA
TODAY.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE SECURITY MEASURES AT THE
COURTHOUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE
TOLD THEY HAD METAL DETECTORS
IN PLACE AS THEY TYPICALLY DO
IN THE LOBBY OF THE COURTHOUSE
AND OTHER SPOTS IN THE
COURTHOUSE AS WELL THEY CLOSED
OFF THE COURTHOUSE PEOPLE WERE
NOT ALLOWED IN OR OUT AND I
ASSUME THE DOORS ARE NOW OPEN
AS PEOPLE BEGAN TO LEAVE THE
COURTROOM.
THIS WAS A VERY BRIEF COURT
APPEARANCE BY THE SUSPECT.
HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE 22
COUNTS OF CAPITAL MURDER.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS
HIS NEXT SCHEDULED HEARING FOR
THUSDAY, NOVEMBER 12.
YOU COULD NOT HEAR THE JUDGE
VERY CLEARLY.
THE NEXT STATUS HEARING IS
SCHEDULE FOR 2 PM THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 12.
THIS IS HIS FIRST PUBLIC
APPEARANCE.
BEFORE THIS WE HAD ONLY HEARD
HE WAS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
AWAY FROM OTHER INMATES.AT
ONE POINT HE WAS ALSO ON
SUICIDE WATCH BUT THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THE
GUNMEN THE SUSPECT IN THE
WALMART MASS SHOOTING SINCE THE
FIRST TIME E HAVE SEEN HIM IN
PUBLIC.
HE DID NOT SAYMUCH ASIDE
FROM RESPONDING TO THE JUDGE.
A LOT OF YES SIR, THAT'S ALL WE
HEARD FROM HIM.
WE HAVE A REPORTER, WE WILL
HAVE UPDATES COMING UP
A SURGICAL RESIDENT.
WOW.
AND NO ONE REALLY KNEW.
