Jurors See Snapchat Footage of Murder Defendant Flashing Gun He Allegedly Used to Kill …

Jurors saw social media video of a murder defendant talking after he allegedly fatally shot a Houston police sergeant. Robert Soliz, 25, flashed a handgun in Snapchat footage, according to Houston ABC affiliate KTRK. After an encounter on the North Freeway, he and Sgt. Sean Rios, 47, got into a shootout outside a plant nursery, where the law enforcement officer was fatally struck. Prosecutors showed two Snapchat videos in the ongoing trial. The first footage depicted Soliz’s car with a bullet hole in the windshield, the outlet reported. He reportedly said he almost died, and said “stay on this gangster [censored].” In the second footage, he dangled a gun — the alleged murder weapon — in front of his face. He said the firearm jammed and this almost cost him his life, the outlet said, reporting that the judge only let them record the visuals, not sound. But prosecutors say it was his friend Jason Vasquez who told him on video to toss the gun out the window. Our hearts are broken over the death of @houstonpolice Sergeant Sean Rios who was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire this afternnon. We will never forget him and will see his 4…
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