Easton Meza and Victor Rivero Arrested For Shooting, Chase Near Cain and Yamato.
Deputies say 15-year-old Easton Meza of Boca Raton and 16-year-old Victor Manuel Rivero III, whose family lives in Boca Raton, arrived at the teenage victim’s home around 1 a.m. on April 24 after being invited over via a group FaceTime call. Investigators say Meza and another juvenile went inside, spent about an hour with the victim, and at one point posed for photos with rifles the victim kept in his bedroom closet. While the victim stepped into the kitchen to get them food, affidavits state the two ran out of the house with both rifles and a handgun.
The victim chased them into the street as an SUV — allegedly driven by Rivero — pulled up. According to the affidavit, a struggle broke out as the victim tried to wrestle back one of his rifles while hanging onto the vehicle’s open door. Investigators say another occupant of the SUV, identified in the affidavit as Calvin Devon Waldon, struck the victim with a pistol and then fired a shot as others in the car yelled “shoot him.” The victim was hit in the leg, fell from the moving vehicle and was run over by a rear tire as the SUV sped away, deputies say. He was taken to Delray Medical Center in serious condition with a gunshot wound, a head laceration and road rash. His mother told investigators she found him at the front door and called 911.
Detectives say video surveillance from the neighborhood matched the victim’s account, and he positively identified Meza, Rivero and Waldon from photographs. Both Meza and Rivero were initially detained following the incident. They were officially processed into the Palm Beach County Jail on July 7th where they are being held without bond. The charges: attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, a life felony, along with armed burglary of an occupied dwelling and grand theft between $750 and $5,000. Waldon was previously arrested and booked on an attempted murder charge.
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