Judge drops plea deal for suspect in 2023 Corpus Christi nightclub shooting

A man initially charged with murder in a deadly shooting at a Corpus Christi nightclub in 2023 will stand trial this summer after a Nueces County judge dropped a plea deal during a hearing on April 29.

Officers with the Corpus Christi Police Department arrested Paul Villarreal, who is now 22, on April 9, 2023, and charged him with killing Adam Burns during a shooting that happened at The Ranch, a dance hall on the city’s Southside.

A Nueces County grand jury indicted Villarreal in 2024 on charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to an indictment filed with the court on May 30, 2024…

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