SAN ANTONIO — Three more teens have been arrested in connection with the deadly shooting that left one innocent woman dead, and another injured on Tuesday.
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A 14-year-old who was wanted in Tuesday's shooting was charged with murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and evading arrest on foot. A 15-year-old wanted in the shooting was charged with murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, evading arrest with a motor vehicle and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
BCSO arrested a 14-year-old, 15-year-old and 17-year-old who have all been charged with deadly conduct with a firearm. The 17-year-old has a bond listed at $40,000.
Officials said it was determined that the three teens who were arrested shot back at the other shooters. During the shooting, bullets hit multiple residences which caused property damage.
BCSO said the house the teens who committed the drive-by shooting, shot into the wrong house. The house they were targeting was actually next door to the one in which they shot at.
The three teens that were inside of the targeted house were said to be using two pistols and an AR-15 which BCSO said was stolen.
Following the shooting, neighbors called law enforcement and let them know that their homes had been hit by bullets.
Sheriff Javier Salazar said, "Illegal guns in the hands of young and reckless criminals is always a recipe for disaster. The blatant disregard for human life displayed by these two groups turned a quiet suburban neighborhood into a war zone and led to two innocent young women being shot, with one losing her life. While these dangerous young suspects and guns are off the street, so much work has yet to be done."
On Tuesday, two women were shot while inside of a house. One of the women, Novita Brazil, was shot and killed was sitting in her room working on the computer. The other woman was in the residence as an Airbnb guest.
Immediately after the shooting, two teens suspects led law enforcement on a chase in a stolen vehicle before being captured. Two guns were seized, one of which was stolen, BCSO said.
After the shooting stopped on Bald Mountain Tuesday and the murder suspects sped away, a chase at speeds around 100 miles per hour ended about ten miles away in a neighborhood off Acme Road.
Lenwood Heights is a Habitat for Humanity community where people put in sweat equity to build the American dream of home ownership.
It’s a place where caring neighbors who found themselves swept up in a murder case.
One woman who calls herself Yaya said she awoke to an uproar, thinking someone was breaking into her house.
“Yes! I heard pow, pow!” Yaya said, talking about the moment two teens running from law officers broke one section of privacy fencing and then crashed through another section of fence while trying to escape into her front yard.
The teens were like trapped wild animals, Yaya said.
Once they escaped from her yard, Ms. C, across the street said first one and then a second suspect jumped her fence and took refuge in her backyard, trying to hide from officers in hot pursuit.
Ms. C said, "I heard 'Get on the ground! Get on the ground!' and I thought what the heck is going on."
She says two suspects ended up in cuffs right outside her door.
"My neighbor said a guy was in his storage unit. He left the doors open and the guy ran as officers approached and jumped in my yard."
Ms. C said, “One of the police officers told me they had a murder suspect and I told the officer 'You can get him out of my yard, I don't want him here.'"
Ms. C said the folks who live in the neighborhood have all worked hard to build a dream and live safely.
“These are Habitat for Humanity homes. And before my husband passed away, we helped build these homes,” Ms. C said, adding that she put in so many extra volunteer hours, she was awarded a lawnmower for her new yard when she moved in five years ago.
“It's scary when you have to go through things like this,” Ms. C said.
Several of the neighbors said they are afraid the suspects may have some personal connection to the area, so while they are glad three more arrests have just been made in the brutal attack, they said they will be nervous until they are sure the crime wave is really over.
Ms. C said, “I'm starting to wonder what is happening around here and what is changing. It's crazy in my book.”