None of the four suspects arrested in connection with a 14-year-old’s death are being charged with capital murder. Instead, their charges have been downgraded from murder to assault.

“Unfortunately, I don’t have the benefit of viewing all of the evidence in this case,” Karl Alexander, a local defense attorney said. “There are multiple ways in which this can happen. Often people don’t really understand that.”

Alexander is a criminal defense attorney with Chacon, Campbell & Alexander, PLLC, and is not part of this case.

On April 16, Simon Cuevas left San Antonio Independent School District’s Brewer Academy at dismissal with a group of students. Minutes after leaving campus, authorities said he was beaten, shot and killed at the corner of Elmendorf Street and Merida Street.

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