Houston – A man accused of killing a father during a fight over the speed limit asked a judge today to be freed on bond.
Carlos Chavez is being held in jail without bond because this is the second time in a short time that he has been accused of getting angry on the road and shooting into another car. This time, the driver was one of the two people shot and killed.
At the court hearing, the lawyers told the judge that Carlos Chavez was still facing six charges and that he should be held without bond.
Investigators say Chavez shot at a car on Beechnut Street earlier this month, on November 7, 2024, out of what they think was road rage. The driver, 23-year-old father Jadrian Edwards, was going to take family pictures when he was killed.
As the windows were being shot out, Edwards’ 7-month-old daughter was hurt by breaking glass. The mother of the baby wasn’t hurt, and the person in the front seat who was shot lived.
Chavez is charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. However, officials say this is not the first time Chavez has shot someone out of anger on the road.
According to court records, Chavez shot into a car on Fondren on July 7, 2023, and shot the driver “several times along his arms, legs, and abdomen.”
Chavez is also facing four other charges, two of which are aggravated crimes and two of which are being a felon in possession of a weapon.
The judge agreed with the prosecutor that Chavez shouldn’t get a bond because he had already been given a bond for other charges and, according to the authorities, kept committing crimes.
“The story you guys are making up that this could have been avoided. It doesn’t make sense. It’s not fair. It is not logical to think that this could have been avoided because the judge set bail. Everyone on Judge Hill’s team went to law school. They work as attorneys. They work as defense lawyers. What does that mean? “They can’t see into the future,” says Juan Guerra, Chavez’s lawyer.
Chavez has been to jail twice. He has been charged with drug crimes and robberies in the past.
For sixty days, the no-bond order will stand. They are going to ask the judge again to hold Chavez without bond until his murder trial.
