The man’s family claimed he fired because he feared the victim would commit a hate crime against him for being LGBTQ+.

The trial of Tony Earls, charged with manslaughter in the shooting of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez, has started in Houston.

Tony Earls Jr. is on trial for manslaughter in the shooting death of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez in Houston in 2022.

After opening statements, the state called its first witness, an officer who responded to the scene of the deadly shooting.

Tony Earls is on trial for manslaughter charges related to the 2022 shooting death of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez, after he mistakenly fired shots at a truck the Alvarez family was in, believing a ...

More than three years after 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez was shot and killed while sitting in the backseat of her family’s truck ...