Suspect in N.M. road rage shooting that killed girl, 4, pleads not guilty
Source: CBS/AP
Suspect in N.M. road rage shooting that killed girl, 4, pleads not guilty
By/ Crimesider Staff/ CBS/AP / November 13, 2015, 4:38 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-- A New Mexico man accused of opening fire during a road rage dispute and killing a 4-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges in a courtroom packed with family members of the young victim.
Prosecutor Nicholas Marshall and the girl's grandfather both appealed to the judge to retain the $650,000 cash-only bond for defendant Tony Torrez, saying his criminal history and the nature of the shooting made him a danger to the community.
More than a dozen relatives of victim Lilly Garcia filled several rows in the courtroom and wept as Larry Cruz, her grandfather, spoke to Judge Stan Whitaker in Albuquerque.
"We believe that he is a flight risk and that because of this cowardly act that he has done, he will go to Mexico or some other foreign country and he will not be brought to justice," Cruz said, raising his voice as he stood several feet from the defendant. "And we believe he deserves justice, your honor."
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