HOUSTON – The 17-year-old accused of killing LePaul Warren outside Westbury High School on Friday will be held without bond at least for the next few weeks.
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Travoris Hines, 17, is charged with murder. He is expected to return to court Oct. 19 for a hearing in which evidence will be presented and Judge Peyton Peebles will have to decide whether to continue holding Hines without bond pending trial.
In court Monday, Hines waved to someone sitting in the courtroom and appeared to mouth the words, “love you” as he was taken back to the holding area.
The shooting happened Friday around 8:20 a.m. Police arrested Hines later that evening.
“Our indication is that they at least knew of each other. They had been in some form of communication prior to this. What that communication was and what their relationship was isn’t fully clear yet,” Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said after Hines’ court appearance Monday.
Hines withdrew from the school sometime last year, his appointed defense attorney William Van Buren said.
Warren, 17, was a wide receiver and starter on the school’s varsity football team and a shooting guard for varsity basketball.
“The complainant in this case was a star athlete and was just getting ready to go to school on his homecoming day,” Teare said.
According to records, Hines brought a gun due to his belief someone was out to harm him, then thought he heard his name called and pulled the gun to fire.
“We don’t have any indication that the defendant was in fear or had any reason to be in fear when he committed this offense,” Teare said.
Van Buren cautioned that there’s two sides to every story and his investigation of what happened is just beginning.
“They feel horribly for the family of the young man who lost his life in this case, but they’re also in shock that their son is being accused and potentially is involved in something along these lines. There’s no indication in his history that this is something that Mr. Hines would be involved in,” Van Buren said.
Teare said there’s no indication Hines has “run afoul of the law” prior to the shooting.
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