Teen Arrested for Last Year’s Fatal Cypress-Area Backyard Shooting
CYPRESS, Texas — A 17-year-old has been formally charged with capital murder following the fatal shooting of another teenager in the suburban community of Cypress last year, authorities in Harris County announced. The incident, which has shaken the local community, involved the death of Giovanni Cruz, also 17, who was found shot in a backyard on Dec. 21, 2024. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez reported that Mark Leyva, the suspect in this grim incident, was …