Oct 21, 2024
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 19-year-old is facing a murder charge related to the death of a 16-year-old boy, who died in August after being injured in a single-vehicle crash, according to court documents. Austin police identify teen killed in early August crash According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by KXAN, Jeremy Josue Giron Hernandez, 19, is facing a murder charge in the death of Andrew Reyes, 16. Hernandez is also facing other charges related to the crash. KXAN reached out to an attorney representing Hernandez to ask for a statement on the charges. We will update this story when we receive a response. Authorities said the crash happened in the 6800 block of Hart Lane on Aug. 7 at 2:36 a.m. The incident caused the death of Reyes. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on Aug. 8. The Austin Police Department said in a release in August the driver and two other passengers left the scene. The affidavit identified Hernandez as the driver, but the identities of the two passengers are not being released because they are juveniles. An APD officer who responded to the crash had seen the vehicle, a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, speeding in a residential area shortly before the crash happened, according to the affidavit. The affidavit noted that the vehicles seemed to be stolen. The officer at one point tried to initiate a traffic stop on the 2013 Hyundai, but discontinued the pursuit after the Hyundai "accelerated and did not stop," and eventually ran a red light at the intersection of Hart Lane and Far West Boulevard, according to the affidavit. The call for the crash, which happened less than half a mile away, came about a minute later. When the officer responded, he found Reyes unconscious "with life-threatening injuries and entrapped in the front passenger seat," the affidavit said. Officers also found three cell phones at the crash scene, and one of them was on and still recording a video, according to the affidavit. APD officers also met with a neighbor who provided footage from surveillance footage from cameras he had around his house, which recorded video and audio of the crash. According to the affidavit, distant sirens can be heard in the footage, then they stop, and shortly after that, a Hyundai is seen driving into the video before it loses control and hits a rock wall on the west side of the road. The affidavit said after that, three people exited the vehicle and ran off. The two passengers returned to the vehicle at one point then ran away again. Family members of the two passengers spoke to police later on Aug. 7, gave police permission to have the phones forensically extracted, and gave police the phones' passcodes, according to the affidavit. Police used video evidence on the phones to help identify Hernandez as the driver of the Hyundai at the time of the crash, as well as confirming Hernandez's identity with the two passengers, the affidavit said. Two of the phones also had videos where a voice could be heard saying, "You're good, Jeremy, you're good," then an engine sound, screeching tires, and the crash, the affidavit said. The affidavit said during a police interview, one of the passengers said he and the other passenger returned to the car after initially running away to try to get Reyes and their phones, but they couldn't. He also told police that Hernandez never returned to the vehicle, the affidavit said. According to the affidavit, an event data recorder analyst determined the driver of the Hyundai accelerated 100% and was driving faster than 90 miles per hour in a residential area at the time of the crash. Hernandez faces a murder charge, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and evading arrest or detention in a motor vehicle.
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