Jerry Ortiz, the shooter in a botched drug deal that turned fatal, held back tears as he recalled killing a teen and his own neighbor.
A drug dealer robbed at gunpoint who killed two people in the wild shootout that followed held back tears Thursday as he testified in the resulting murder trial. One of his victims turned out to be a neighbor he was friendly with, he said. Jerry Ortiz , 19, was nervous but polite as he testified for the prosecution against Oscar Martinez III, who is accused of participating in the fatal robbery on Feb. 21, 2022.
The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office dropped a capital murder charge against Ortiz and closed that case almost a year after the shooting, online court records indicate. The status of the two minors who were charged in the case, ages 13 and 14 at the time, is uncertain, as juvenile court records are not searchable by the public. Ortiz said he didn’t see where he was shooting. His attorney, Suzanne Kramer, sat beside Ortiz as he testified. One of the bullets from his .
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