Suspect gets $2M bond for allegedly killing friend’s boyfriend

MISSION, Texas ( ValleyCentral ) — The suspect in a Mission shooting that left one man dead was arraigned Wednesday.

Esdras Elias Ortiz, 26, was charged with murder, a first degree felony and his bond was set at $2 million. The judge said this crime is punishable by five to 99 years with an additional fine between $5,000 and $10,000, if convicted.

On Monday , Mission police said they received calls regarding a shooting at approximately 8:37 p.m. at a residence, located at the 2800 block of Dinastia Dorado St.

It was Ortiz’s birthday.

At the scene, officers found a man, identified as 27-year-old Yorman Jovani Reta, on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and to the left side of his body. According to police, the victim died as a result of his injuries at the scene. He was shot nine times.

Reta was at his girlfriend’s house when Ortiz arrived at the residence to leave her a slice of his birthday cake, police say.

“Ortiz who is a longtime friend of (Reta’s) girlfriend engaged in a verbal altercation with the victim and subsequently pulled out a 9 millimeter Glock 26 and shot and killed the victim,” police said at a news conference.

Police were informed that Ortiz was at his house after the shooting at the 1500 block of Judy Street. Police took him into custody and the weapon was recovered without any incident.

Police say Ortiz later confessed to the crime.

Ortiz and Reta had never met before the shooting.

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