Garland Police On Hunt For 14 Year Old Shooter

Garland Police On Hunt For 14 Year Old Shooter

Garland Police are on a manhunt for a fourteen year old shooter in the shooting of four teens Sunday night.

On Wednesday, December 29, a Directive to Apprehend was obrained about disseminated to the public.

Garland Police On Hunt For 14 Year Old Shooter

Garland Police Statement

Detectives have discovered evidence identifying Abel Elias Acosta as the shooter responsible for killing three and wounding a fourth at a convenience store on December 26, 2021.

It is typically not the practice of the Garland Police Department to release juvenile information, but due to the nature of the offense and potential risk to the public, the court has authorized the release of his information.

Detectives obtained a Directive to Apprehend Abel Elias Acosta, age fourteen (14). Abel is facing the charge of Capital Murder for the shooting death of the three teenagers.

A Directive to Apprehend is defined by Texas Family Code, 52.015 as:
a) On the request of a law enforcement or probation officer, a juvenile court may issue a directive to apprehend a child if the court finds there is probable cause to take the child into custody under the provisions of this title.

Abel Elias Acosta is described as a light-skinned Hispanic male with dark hair, brown eyes, approximately 5’ 05” in height, and weighing around 125 pounds.

Garland Shooting Day After Christmas

Garland Shooting

A Texaco was the site of a Garland shooting yesterday where four were shot and three killed by what appears to be a teenage gunman.

Garland Shooting

Garland police released a video of the teen opening fire inside the Texaco station on Walnut Lane in Garland Sunday evening.

Garland Shooting Details

Police said the teenage male got out of the passenger side of a pickup truck and walked up to the front door. Police say he fired at least twenty times into the store before returning to the truck and leaving.

The victims were teenagers between fourteen and seventeen years of age.

Police said two of the victims came to the store together. The Dallas County Medical Examiner identified them as 15-year-old Ivan Noyola and 17-year-old Rafael Garcia.

Chief Bryan said investigators still trying to determine if this was a targeted attack.

“It’s difficult for me, for my officers and for my community because we want to know why we don’t have an answer to why we’re trying to comprehend this, and we don’t yet comprehend this. But we have a job to do,” he told members of the media.

The youngest victim was fourteen year old Xavier Gonzales who was ordering tacos for his family when the shooting happened.

The shooting comes just over a week after a nationwide school shooting “challenge” that went viral on Tik Tok.