Dispute escalates into attempted murder and aggravated assault

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

BREAKING NEWS: Filemon Perez, age 18, has turned himself in to the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday, April 9, 2015, regarding pending criminal charges against him concerning a dispute with Javier Casares, age 17, on April 8, 2015.

A dispute between two young men at Casino Grocery located on El Indio Highway in Pueblo Nuevo Subdivision in Eagle Pass, Texas quickly escalated into an attempted murder and aggravated assault of a local family by gunfire and subsequent chase on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, announced Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber.

Javier Casares, age 17, and another young man, Filemon Perez, age 18, got into a dispute at Casino Grocery. Casares and his family left Casino Grocery in their Chevrolet Suburban towards their home in Las Quintas Fronterizas Subdivision. While driving home, Filemon Perez and another man chased Casares and his family firing at their vehicle with a shotgun from a Dodge Pick-Up Truck, striking Luis Casares in an arm and shattering the windows of their vehicle. A pregnant lady inside the Casares vehicle went into shock and had to be transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center. Two young children inside Casares vehicle were miraculously unhurt as well as Javier Casares.

The two assailants fled the scene and escaped law enforcement. Law enforcement has put out a warrant of arrest for the two assailants and are searching for them. The two assailants face attempted murder and aggravated assault charges. The two Eagle Pass International Bridges were secured to avoid the assailants from fleeing into Mexico.

Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber expects that the two assailants will be arrested and detained in the near future as their identities are known.