A Texas mother whose 18-year-old son was shot and killed last year during his own high school graduation party is speaking out against the county’s criminal justice system after learning the accused was released following two bond reductions not once, but twice.
Chad Lee-Gardner was arrested in May 2025 and is currently facing one count of murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the fatal shooting of Andrew Farias.
Following the arrest, Lee-Gardner was initially ordered to be held on $1 million bond. Farias’ mother told Austin-based Fox affiliate KTBC last week that the bond amount for the man accused or murdering her son had been slashed by 80%. Earlier this week, she learned that Lee-Gardner had posted the required amount and been released…