CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A judge on Thursday set the trial for one of two men accused of shooting and killing a young girl on New Year’s Day in 2023.
The 148th District Court Judge David Klein scheduled the trial to start Sept. 22. for one of the suspects, Deonis Poindexter.
The Corpus Christi Police Department said Poindexter and Jacob Leal illegally fired their weapons in the direction of several homes, one of which hit and killed 11-year-old Amethyst Silva shortly after midnight on New Year’s Day while outside celebrating with her family at the Allure Apartments on Everhart…