The Odessa Police Department has made an arrest in connection with the shooting that occurred June 29, 2023, at the Carriage House Apartments. A 16 YOA juvenile male has been taken into custody and charged with Capital Murder. This subject has been identified as "K-SO."
As recently released,
Kannin Shorter, who has a warrant for Capital Murder is still at large. Here’s his picture again. The investigation has revealed that all the individuals involved met in the parking lot of Carriage House Apartments to conduct an unlawful firearm transaction. Surveillance video revealed that three subjects approached the vehicle occupied by the deceased party, Gonzalo Diaz Jr., and three others. It is believed, based on the evidence, that Kannin Shorter and the 16 YOA male began shooting into the vehicle, injuring three and killing Diaz.
The investigation continues and more charges are expected. Anyone with information regarding this incident and the whereabouts of Kannin Shorter, is encouraged to notify Crime Stoppers at 432-333-TIPS, if you wish to remain anonymous. The harboring of a wanted person is against the law in the State of Texas. Anybody who assists Shorter, hides him, or provides him a way to evade capture will face criminal charges, per Texas Penal Code 38.05 Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution
Sec. 38.05. HINDERING APPREHENSION OR PROSECUTION. (a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to hinder the arrest, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for an offense or, with intent to hinder the arrest, detention, adjudication, or disposition of a child for engaging in delinquent conduct that violates a penal law of the state, or with intent to hinder the arrest of another under the authority of a warrant or capias, he:(1) harbors or conceals the other;(2) provides or aids in providing the other with any means of avoiding arrest or effecting escape; or(3) warns the other of impending discovery or apprehension.(b) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(3) that the warning was given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law.(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the person who is harbored, concealed, provided with a means of avoiding arrest or effecting escape, or warned of discovery or apprehension is under arrest for, charged with, or convicted of a felony, including an offense under Section 62.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, or is in custody or detention for, is alleged in a petition to have engaged in, or has been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of felony, including an offense under Section 62.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the person charged under this section knew that the person they harbored, concealed, provided with a means of avoiding arrest or effecting escape, or warned of discovery or apprehension is under arrest for, charged with, or convicted of a felony, or is in custody or detention for, is alleged in a petition to have engaged in, or has been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of felony.